NICU
Filed under Family, Kids on August 21st, 2005 No Comments »
Pronunciation: "en-"I-(")sE-'yü, 'nik-(")yü
Function: abbreviation
neonatal intensive care unit
N.: a special care nursery that uses advanced technology and trained health professionals to care for sick and premature newborns.
Note those keywords: sick and premature. People seem to be forgetting this part. We’ve been getting a lot of requests from people who want to “come by and see the babies”. While we appreciate the sentiment, we’d rather not entertain visitors right now while the kids are in the NICU. They’re in there to stay warm and gain weight. We want less exposure to other people’s germs, not more.
