{"id":31940,"date":"2017-11-30T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T14:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?p=31940"},"modified":"2021-03-15T12:53:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T16:53:16","slug":"new-home-tiniest-patients-new-special-care-nursery-opens-civic-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/healthy-tomorrows\/new-home-tiniest-patients-new-special-care-nursery-opens-civic-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"A new home for our tiniest patients: new Special Care Nursery opens at Civic Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The bright colours and natural light in the new Special Care Nursery create a peaceful environment for patients and their parents. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some of The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s smallest patients have a new home. The Special Care Nursery at the Civic Campus recently moved into a new space, just across the hall. Not only does this new nursery provide a safe, quiet environment for these little patients, but it also offers parents more room and privacy, as they watch over their little ones.<\/p>\n<p>Being in the hospital with your baby is stressful enough, but having a quiet space, where you can focus on helping your child recover quickly, can make all the difference. The new state-of-the-art Special Care Nursery gives parents and their babies that safe space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProviding our patients with an environment that allows for the delivery of safe, compassionate and developmentally supportive care is our top priority,\u201d said Janet Brintnell, Clinical Manager of the Special Care Nursery. \u201cWatching these parents as their babies move into the new space, seeing the looks on their faces when they find out that their baby is going to be cared for in a modern, quiet and peaceful setting, is all we need to know that we\u2019re doing the right thing for our patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Private rooms allow parents to be alone with their baby, in a peaceful area. Controlled air flow limits the spread of infection, keeping these vulnerable babies safe. The new Special Care Nursery features three private rooms, two twin rooms and two pods (one with six beds and the other with five).<\/p>\n<p>Both the rooms and hallways of the new Special Care Nursery feature bright colours and lots of natural light. The faces of staff light up upon entering the new area for the first time. They know exactly how valuable this space will be for their patients. It\u2019s in this modern nursery that these little patients will continue to receive the best care possible.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals throughout the country, such as Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, are moving towards spaces similar to this one for neonatal intensive care units and special care nurseries. With private rooms, parents and their babies are given the opportunity to be a family in a private, quiet and peaceful environment. During a stay in the hospital, that silence can speak volumes to the growth and development of the baby, and the mental health of the parents.<\/p>\n<p>The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is also moving towards single-patient rooms during its <a href=\"https:\/\/ohfoundation.ca\/current-priorities\/neonatal-intensive-care-unit-nicu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coming renovation and expansion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Ottawa Hospital - Special Care Nursery\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I_zzUq74cEg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of The Ottawa Hospital\u2019s smallest patients have a new home. The Special Care Nursery at the Civic Campus recently moved into a new space, just across the hall. Not only does this new space provide a safe, quiet environment for these little patients, but it also offers parents more space and privacy, as they watch over their little ones. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":31941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[423,381],"class_list":["post-31940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-tomorrows","tag-infant-health","tag-patient-experience"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}