Special Care Nursery

As expectant parents, you may be in the process of choosing the hospital where your baby will be born. The availability of a specialized nursery could save precious moments in the care of your infant. It could even avoid the transferring of your baby to another facility. Bellevue's Special Care Nursery is one of only three in northeastern New York that provides these specialized services.

The Special Care Nursery at Bellevue Woman's Care Center is a 15 bed Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit that cares for infants who are over 30 weeks gestation and require non-surgical medical intervention and care. The Special Care Nursery is staffed by board-certified neonatologists who are available 24 hours a day.

Our neonatologists work in conjunction with pediatricians, neonatal nurses, lactation consultants, respiratory therapists and social workers to provide the best care to pre-term and high-risk newborns. We pay particular attention to every detail, from lighting to temperature to medical equipment, so that we can provide the best environment for sick and premature infants. The extra-special aspect of Bellevue's Special Care Nursery is the dedicated team of nurses who attend to the every need of the babies in our care, day or night.

The Special Care Nursery is located on the Upper Level of Bellevue Woman's Care Center. Parents and siblings are welcome to visit their baby at almost any time. As an infant's condition improves, parents are encouraged to touch, hold, and feed their baby. At Bellevue, we want to make the transition of your baby's discharge as easy as possible. We have a special "Family Room" which allows parents to spend the night with their baby and care for him or her, under the guidance of our specially trained nursery staff, prior to going home.

All babies in the Special Care Nursery are required to have various screening tests done prior to discharge:

Hearing Screening:

All babies in the nursery will have a hearing screen done prior to discharge.

Metabolic Screening:

Metabolic screenings are required by New York State and are conducted according to state guidelines. Information about the individual test will be provided to you at the time the test is done.

Developmental Screening:

Bellevue provides developmental screening through "The Capital Region Development Assessment Clinic for Infants" here at the center. Infants can be followed for the first two-years of life. The program is dedicated to providing early identification of developmental problems in infants at risk and to insure the appropriate referral to a treatment program.

For further information or to contact our Special Care Nursery,
please call 518.346.9583.



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