Topics: Neonatal

An infant takes a nap in a Mamaroo device, which is resting on the floor of a hospital room.

PSECU gift supports NICU patients at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital

Mar 10, 2021

To celebrate the expansion of Penn State Health Children's Hospital, PSECU has committed $10,000 to Children’s Miracle Network to purchase equipment that brings comfort to babies in the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

A hand holds a smart phone upon which is the image of an infant in a bed. Across a lunch table littered with bottles and food, a man with a beard and a hat looks on out of focus.

Lights, camera, baby! Penn State Health Children’s Hospital AngelEye cameras help parents keep watch

Feb 11, 2021

NICU’s AngelEye Health camera helps families stay connected with pediatric patients. In December 2020, the Children’s Hospital purchased 56 cameras with support from Children’s Miracle Network, enough for every bed in the hospital.

A medical worker provides care to a baby in the NICU while another worker looks on in the near background. An IV pole is also in the photo.

Ask Us Anything About…NICU Care

Dec 10, 2020

When having a baby, parents don’t like to imagine their child needing to stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Dr. Jeff Kaiser, chief of neonatal-perinatal medicine at Penn State Health Children's Hospital, helps new parents understand what they need to consider when choosing a hospital and what to expect if your child needs to go to the NICU.

Terianny Vicente holds son Calvin, who is wearing a plaid shirt and pants, as Jo Rosenberger and Calvin’s big sister look on. Vicente, who has long hair, wears a sweater, jeans and a mask. Rosenberger wears scrubs and a mask. Hospital equipment and computer monitors are in the hallway behind them.

First look: Pediatric nurse gives unforgettable introduction to family affected by COVID-19

Nov 25, 2020

When expectant mom Terianny Vicente turned up positive for COVID-19 just as her labor began, one pediatric nurse in particular filled her post-delivery days away from her newborn son with keepsakes to remember.

Two cranes sit in front of the entrance to the Children’s Hospital. A chain link fence wraps around the front of the building. Construction cones and other items are scattered about.

Penn State Health, College of Medicine team develops protocols for managing newborns exposed to mothers with COVID-19

Aug 3, 2020

A team at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine developed guidelines for managing newborns exposed to mothers with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.

Construction workers work on the interior of a building

Penn State Health Children’s Hospital ranks among the best in the nation for tenth consecutive year

Jun 16, 2020

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Penn State Health Children's Hospital among the nation’s best hospitals for children in multiple specialties for the tenth consecutive year.

Janet Boyer looks at photo albums with Dr. Anthony Ambrose, FACOG, at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2020. Boyer is the mom of Beth Ann, Mackenzie and Emily Schneck, leap year triplets born at the hospital on Feb. 29, 1996. They came back on their “sixth” birthday to tour the new children’s hospital expansion.

Triplets born on Leap Day tour NICU expansion at Penn State’s Children’s Hospital

Mar 4, 2020

Triplets born on Leap Day tour NICU expansion at Penn State’s Children’s Hospital

A man and a woman stand side-by-side looking through a photo album that the man is holding in his hands.

From preemie to premed: former NICU baby all grown up, ready for career in medicine

Sep 18, 2018

One recent August morning on the seventh floor of Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Tiffany Seibert shares an embrace with Dr. Charles Palmer, 21 years after they first met.

A stock photo of Dr. Jeffrey Kaiser, wearing a white coat, superimposed over an aerial photo of Hershey Medical Center.

Kaiser new head of newborn medicine at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital

Oct 4, 2017

Following a national search, Dr. Jeffrey R. Kaiser has been named chief of the Division of Newborn Medicine at Penn State Health Children's Hospital.

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