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. 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.
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Children’s is a
24-bed unit dedicated to the care of the surgical pediatric
patient. Their range of specialties includes general pediatric
surgery, ear/nose/throat, neurosurgery, oral-maxillofacial,
orthopedics, urology and transplant cases. They care for children
ranging in age from birth through adolescence.
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Children’s is a
24-bed unit that focuses on the care of general pediatrics. Their
specialties of care include gastrointestinal, neurology, nephrology and
some pulmonary services. They care for children ranging in age
from infancy through adolescence.
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. They care for children
ranging in age from 2 days through 18 years, with the majority of
patients aged less than one year.
The Newborn Critical Care Center
(NCCC) is comprised of 48 beds providing the highest
quality of care for the most critically ill newborns. The unit
provides comprehensive medical and surgical care to the medically
fragile preterm or ill newborn. NCCC provides care for newborns
from all 100 counties of North Carolina.
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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. They care for children ranging in age from 2
days through 18 years.
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. The unit consists of an all RN staff
with extensive ongoing collaboration with ancillary teams.
The
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. The General Pediatric Clinic
sees patients for routine well child care and preventive medicine as
well as for acute illnesses. Nurses in this clinic also provide
advice to parents through a nurse triage phone line. The staff in
both clinics cares for children from birth through
adolescence. The Children’s
Specialty Care Team administers and monitors sedation
throughout the Children’s Hospital. In addition, the CSCT staff
inserts PICC lines, teaches families to care for their child’s central
IV access, and provides assistance to staff nurses for some
venipunctures. The NC
Children's Specialty Clinic (Raleigh) opened in 2009
offering medical and surgical sub-specialty clinics to pediatric
patients in the Raleigh area.
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 will provide
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.
