Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
The labor and delivery unit at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) consists of labor and delivery beds, operating rooms, post-anesthesia care and a perinatal evaluation center. The mother-baby unit cares for both antepartum and postpartum patients with a strong focus on family-centered care.
The intensive care nursery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is a Level III unit where a highly skilled nursing staff provides top-notch care to the smallest patients. Intensive care nursery nurses attend deliveries with the neonatal team and assist with emergency measures to stabilize and transfer neonates to the unit. As the neonate transitions, the care is focused on discharge planning and assisting the family in acquiring the necessary skills to care for the infant at home.
Pennsylvania Hospital
Welcoming more than 5,400 babies every year, Pennsylvania Hospital's birthing program is the largest in the Philadelphia region. The Women’s Health Division was the first specialty area at Pennsylvania Hospital, and the program continues to be recognized nationally for excellence in obstetrics. The women’s health units have been recognized twice by the WHO and UNICEF with the Baby-Friendly designation and awarded the Perinatal Care Certification from The Joint Commission. Working with both low and high-risk patients in the labor and delivery area, nurses see patients through the birthing process. From the perinatal evaluation and treatment unit for emergency patients to the antepartum unit, nurses care for patients through the continuum of their pregnancy.
In the postpartum unit care focuses on the family, providing quality care for the patient, families, and their newborns.
The Level III intensive care nursery (ICN) cares for newborns with a variety of diagnoses including prematurity, sepsis and cardiac problems Our award-winning Level 3 Intensive Care Nursery helps medically fragile and premature babies survive and thrive. Our team works with specialists from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to care for infants with complex medical needs. The high-tech environment is also high touch, combining the fast pace of critical care with the special needs of fragile patients. The Intensive Care Nurses has been recognized twice by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses with the silver level Beacon Award for Excellence.