Melrose-Wakefield Hospital’s Special Care Nursery provides comprehensive nursing care and medical treatment for newborns requiring a higher level of care, scope of services and nurse-infant ratio than that available in the newborn nursery.
We are committed to providing these newborns, their parents and their families with the highest quality of care and services possible in a compassionate and supportive environment.
The Special Care Nursery is staffed 24 hours a day by neonatologists and specially trained neonatal registered nurses focused on providing the most technologically advanced care and support that is both "high tech" and "high touch."
Infants treated here also benefit from our affiliation with Tufts-New England Medical Center’s Floating Hospital for Children. This partnership provides access to specialists in a wide range of areas including pediatric cardiologists, neurologists, surgeons and geneticists.
Our nursery cares for babies who are born premature or at a low birth weight, are twins or triplets, or have medical problems at birth. Our babies are either born here at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, another community hospital, or academic medical center in Boston.
Many of our babies begin their life in a Level III neonatal intensive care unit. As these babies grow and develop, they are transferred to the Special Care Nursery. Here, they can be closer to home making it easier for parents and families to visit and participate in the infant’s care.
We are committed to family-centered care and are eager to help you prepare for that special day when you will take your new son or daughter home.
Special Care Nursery Features
- Comprehensive medical and clinical team including a neonatologist, pediatrician, neonatal nurse, lactation consultant, physical therapist, social worker and audiologist.
- Affiliation with the Tufts-New England Medical Center Floating Hospital for Children
- Access to respiratory therapists, nutritionists, geneticists and pediatric cardiologists
- Vision and hearing screenings
- State-of-the-art cardiac and other health monitoring equipment
- Sleep accommodations for parents
- Infant security system
- Lactation room to facilitate breastfeeding
Home care services available after discharge through Hallmark Health VNA and Hospice, if needed.
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