The Intensive Care Nursery at North Fulton Regional Hospital is equipped to provide special care for premature or critically ill infants and infants with other complications. Infant care is managed by our neonatologist along with a staff of specially trained and experienced registered nurses and respiratory therapists.

Importance of Touch
In addition to advanced medical proficiency and advanced technology, the NICU team offers a family-centered approach to neonatal care. Physical interaction and touch between a mother and her baby helps develop a strong bond between the two. By touching your baby, you are communicating your feelings and physically demonstrating your love and affection. Our staff in the NICU meets the parents’ needs for contact with their baby as much as possible. The mother may come to the NICU to touch her baby and to hold its hand as soon as possible, even if the infant is too small to hold.

Fathers, grandparents and other family members are also welcome and encouraged to help nurture the baby. North Fulton Regional Hospital’s lactation consultants are available to help mothers provide their infants with breast milk until the little ones are strong enough to nurse. In addition, Kangaroo Care (a bonding opportunity involving skin-to-skin contact between baby and mom or dad) is offered as soon as the baby is stable.

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