Jehan Ellis, MSN, NICU nurse discharge coordinator at Regional One Health, was one of six individuals from across the country recently honored by the March of Dimes for being a champion for family-centered care. Jehan is committed to empowering parents through education. She has raised the level of discharge education in the NICU. Jehan [...]
Donor Spotlight: Ellen and Captain Henry Nixon When Ellen Nixon toured Regional One Health, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is one of the places she remembered most. “The babies were so tiny and helpless,” she says, “and the incredible work they do in the NICU at Regional One Health has saved countless lives, [...]
Philanthropic Dollars Help Ease the Transition Home “WE ARE USING THIS ROOM FOR MOMS WHO MIGHT NEED A LITTLE EXTRA TEACHING TIME OR TO PREPARE FOR BABIES GOING HOME ON A HOME APNEA MONITOR,” SAID KELLEY SMITH, NICU NURSE MANAGER. “OR SOMETIMES WE USE THE ROOM FOR A BABY WHO HAS BEEN IN THE [...]
“WHEN I REFLECT ON HOW THE DOCTORS AT THE SHELDON B. KORONES NEWBORN CENTER AT REGIONAL ONE HEALTH SAVED MY BOYS’ LIVES, I AM NEARLY SPEECHLESS. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE. EVERYTHING I COULD SAY SOUNDS SO SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT THEY’VE DONE FOR MY WIFE, MY BOYS AND ME.” ASHTON [...]
Advancements made in the Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center contributed to a decrease in the number of very low birth weight babies, along with improved outcomes. The percent of babies with lung disease declined by 56 percent from 2006 to 2013. Regional One Health ranks among the top quartile of 1,500 NICUs worldwide. The percent [...]
Even Minutes Matter It’s important for the NICU to collaborate with the High-Risk Obstetrics program to determine the right moment to deliver the baby. “We know that the interval between 25 and 28 weeks is crucially important for these small babies,” Dr. Mari says. “For each week that we can keep the baby in [...]
Where no expectant mother wants to find out that there are high-risk complications with her pregnancy, over 1,300 premature or critically ill newborns are treated every year at Regional One Health, some entering the world weighing less than one pound. When Jennifer and Ashton Hall first learned they were expecting rare identical triplets, they [...]
Participants visiting Regional One Health, part of the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) meeting. Regional One Health recently hosted a group of visiting health professionals from hospitals across the country as part of a Vermont Oxford Network (VON) meeting in Memphis. Regional Medical Center's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is an active member [...]
Shelmonie and baby Chase were the first to use the new transition room at Regional Medical Center. The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Regional Medical Center is a home away from home for some of this community's tiniest new citizens. For days, weeks and sometimes months, parents wait with anticipation for the [...]
How the High-Risk Obstetrics Program at Regional One Health Delivered Two Miracles Do you believe in miracles? BJ and Mark Mazurkiewicz of Corinth, Mississippi certainly do. After a long struggle with infertility issues, the couple received the first of several miracles when they learned they were going to be the parents of not just [...]