Our 8 bed Special Care Nursery (SCN) provides holistic neonatal care to unwell and premature babies for their ongoing health care needs.
Our Services include:
- Level 4+ neonatal care – for babies aged from 32 weeks to discharge as appropriate
- We manage all common neonatal problems and provide bubble CPAP and short term ventilation before transferring them to a tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
- Indigenous Health Care Worker visits Special Care Nursery
- Parent rooming for very premature babies, as appropriate
- Possible transfer of babies to the Special Care Nursery Mackay Base Hospital from a higher level neonatal care hospital as appropriate
- Neonatal retrievals from the private health sector and the Mackay Hinterland