Morristown Memorial Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Every year, about 3,500 babies are born at Morristown Memorial Hospital, a Level III Regional Perinatal Center that cares for the highest risk mothers and babies. About 14 percent of these babies require specialized care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).  The increase in high-risk and multiple births has led to a 30 percent increase in the number of newborns admitted to the NICU in the last several years.

Morristown Memorial’s NICU is a 26-bed unit with state-of-the-art equipment providing specialized care for a wide range of neonatal conditions including respiratory, cardiac, genetic, renal, neurological, hematological and metabolic diseases. A neonatologist or a neonatal nurse practitioner is available in the NICU 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

Sick infants are transported to Morristown Memorial by a hospital-based team (made up of physicians, neonatal nurses and respiratory therapists). The baby travels in the ambulance in a specially designed incubator, with an integrated newborn respirator, intravenous pumps and cardio-respiratory monitors -- everything the transport team needs to keep the baby safe and stable during the trip. This highly skilled team is available for immediate transport 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Morristown Memorial recently broke ground for a $10 million NICU expansion.  This will more than triple the size of the current unit to 22,000 square feet ,while reconfiguring the space to a more intimate, nurturing area that will provide greater opportunities for families to actively participate in the care of their newborn.