Children's Services
Welcome to the home page for the University of North Carolina Hospitals Children's Services.
North
Carolina Children's Hospital is recognized among the nation's best in
providing comprehensive, family-centered medical care to infants and
children. As a regional referral hospital for pediatric patients,
N.C. Children's Hospital annually admits some 3,500 patients with a
wide range of medical problems and illnesses. The diversity of
patients demands much from our pediatric nurses, but this
diversity offers abundant opportunities to learn and grow
professionally. Unit and service based shared governance
committees that address professional and operational issues encourage
participation in the decision-making
process.
The
North Carolina Children’s Hospital is designed to provide
state-of-the-art inpatient and outpatient care for children and
families. The facility was designed to foster family centered care
with all private rooms, dedicated parent lounges, family education and
resource rooms, and other support spaces for
families.
7 Children’s
is a 24-bed unit dedicated to the care
of pediatric surgery and trauma patients. Their range of
specialties includes general pediatric surgery, ear/nose/throat,
neurosurgery, oral-maxillofacial, orthopedics, urology, burns, and
transplant cases. The unit also cares for pediatric medicine and
oncology patients. The Pediatric Surgery staff is highly
committed to caring for pediatric patients and their families.
They care for children ranging in age from birth through
adolescence.
Jennifer McElroy, MSN, RN,
CPN, Nurse Manager, 919-843-1306, jmcelroy@unch.unc.edu
6
Children’s is a 24-bed unit providing care for both
high and low risk pediatric medicine patients. The staff has a
strong knowledge base of seizure management, family teaching, central
line catheter care, pediatric growth and development, respiratory
illness, post-liver transplant care, parenteral nutrition, complex
hydration regiment, and post sedation monitoring. The unit also
provides care for pediatric surgical and oncology patients. On
April 1, 2012, we opened our Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Units (EMU)
on 6 Children's. The unit consists of 5 beds and will provide
diagnostic services to pediatric patients experiencing seizures.
The Pediatric Medicine staff is highly committed to caring for
pediatric patients and their families. They care
for children ranging in age from infancy through
adolescence.
Sheryl Galin, BSN, RN, CPN, Nurse
Manager, 919-843-1001, sgalin@unch.unc.edu
Children’s Intermediate Cardiac Care
(CICC) is an 8-bed unit dedicated to comprehensive,
family centered care of the pediatric cardiology patient
population. The unit provides care for other acutely ill children
requiring intermediate level nursing care. The staff has extensive
knowledge in the care of children with complex cardiac needs and
specializes in the feeding needs of infants. The nursing staff
focuses on the developmental needs of the hospitalized child and excels
in providing family education throughout the hospitalization.
Care is provided for children ranging from infancy through adolescence,
with the majority of patients aged less than one year.
Pat Yee, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Nurse Manager,
919-966-3398, pyee@unch.unc.edu
5 Children’s is a 16-bed
unit dedicated to comprehensive, family centered care of the pediatric
hematology/oncology, bone marrow transplant and pulmonary patient
population. Care is also provided for other medical and pediatric
surgical patients. The staff has extensive knowledge in the care
of children with complex needs and specializes in the care of central
lines, administration of chemotherapy/biotherapy and complex
pulmonary/airway issues. The nursing staff focuses on the
developmental needs of the hospitalized child and excels in providing
family education throughout the hospitalization. Care is provided
for children ranging from infancy through adolescence.
Pat Yee, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Nurse Manager,
919-966-3398, pyee@unch.unc.edu
The
Newborn Critical Care Center
(NCCC) is comprised of 58 beds providing the highest
quality of care for the most critically ill newborns. The unit
provides comprehensive patient and family centered care to surgical and
medically fragile preterm or ill newborns. NCCC provides care for
newborns from all 100 counties of North Carolina.
Jennifer Flippin, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC, Nurse
Manager, 919-843-0954, jflippin@unch.unc.edu
The
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
(PICU) is a 20-bed multispecialty care unit for
critically ill children up to 18 years of age who require intensive
monitoring and nursing care. An all RN staff cares for complex
pediatric medical and surgical patients in a collaborative,
interdisciplinary environment. The PICU is an ECMO
center.
Roger Saunders, MSN, RN, NEA-BC,
Nurse Manager, 919-966-2195, rsaunder@unch.unc.edu
The Children’s Short Stay
Unit is an 8-bed outpatient unit that focuses on the
care of pediatric patients ranging in age from infancy through
adolescence. The unit provides short-term pediatric care to all
pediatric specialties giving care to patients who will transition
home or to another inpatient unit within a 24hr period of
time.
Linda Bryant Hampton, MSN, RN,
CPN, Nurse Manager, 919-843-0707, lbryant@unch.unc.edu
The
Children’s Specialty Care
Team administers and monitors sedation for both
inpatients and outpatients in all areas of the Children's
Hospital. In addition, the nurses on the team insert PICC
lines, teach families to care for their child’s central IV access, and
provide assistance to staff nurses for troubleshooting PICC and CVAD
lines.
Linda Bryant Hampton, MSN, RN,
CPN, Nurse Manager, 919-843-0707, lbryant@unch.unc.edu
Children’s Clinics
is comprised of three distinct areas. The General Pediatric Clinic
sees patients for routine well child care and preventive medicine as
well as for acute illnesses. Nurses in this clinic provide
advice to parents through a nurse triage phone
line. Children's Specialty Clinic is a
combination of 20+ medical and surgical sub-specialty clinics.
The Children's Infusion Center is also a part of this clinic. In
addition, the NC Children's
Specialty Clinic - Raleigh provides similar medical and
surgical sub-specialty care at our satellite location in Raleigh.
The staff in all three cliinics cares for children from birth through
adolescence.
Jenny Dixon, RN, CPN, MBA, MHA,
Administrative Director, 919-843-0705, jsdixon@unch.unc.edu
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