The Intensive Care Nursery (ICN)/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics is located on "3 Sutherland," and is a regional referral center providing Level III infant care, the highest level of neonatal care.

Our goal is to be the Kansas City area's regional subspecialty neonatal health referral center, and we are the only ICN in this region with on-site specialists. We also collaborate with existing obstetrical/perinatal services to promote optimal regionalization and care for maternal and fetal disorders.

Services and treatments include:

• Cardiac care
• Surgery
• ECMO
• Genetics
• Therapeutic cooling
• and more!

Common diagnoses include:

• Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Multiple Congenital Anomalies
• Meconium Aspiration
• Sepsis
• Diaphragmatic Hernia
• Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn
• Bowel Obstruction
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis
• Neural Tube Defects

We have 60 Level III nursery beds. Our unit features:

• Developmentally designed bed spaces with individually controlled overhead lighting
• Privacy curtains
• Rocking chairs at each bed
• A private lactation room
• Parent care overnight rooms for discharging medically complex infants
• And more!

The ICN is a family-centered unit that practices primary nursing. Parents may visit 24 hours/day. Parents receive ongoing teaching, including on-unit CPR training. They are also included in daily patient rounds.

Our patients are pre-term and term newborns.

We work with our large team of neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and surgeons.