The new 98-bed NICU was central to the creation of a new Children's Hospital at Mercy Hospital St. Louis. The transition from the existing open ward unit to a private room model offers state-of-the-art neonatal care. Each room is designed with comfortable seating, including a sleeper sofa, to encourage families to spend more time at the patient's bedside. Monitoring systems which page the patient's nurse when vital signs change, large screen monitors which broadcast patient's vitals to physicians and nurse's within each unit, and nurse stations with direct lines of sight to each bassinet ensure the highest level of care.
Size: 98 beds
Status: Completed 2010
Glass doors along the corridor assure clear sight lines to each bassinet.
The NICU includes a number of semi-private rooms which allow twins or higher-order multiples to be cared for in the same room.
'Touchdown' stations outside of the private NICU rooms gives nurses enhanced patient-monitoring capabilities.
Supplies and scrub sinks are conveniently located to keep nursing staff close to their patients.
Christner's designers used nature themes to identify specific areas in each unit.
Christner aligned renovated space with new construction to create a new Children's Hospital.
