Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Noun)
Meaning
An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or seriously ill newborn.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The newborn was rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit after showing signs of distress during delivery.
- Parents can experience a great deal of anxiety and stress when their child is in the neonatal intensive care unit.
- Nurses and doctors working in the neonatal intensive care unit are specially trained to care for fragile newborns.
- Families are often overwhelmed with emotions when they first visit the neonatal intensive care unit and see all the medical equipment surrounding their child.
- Due to a high risk of complications during delivery the obstetrician made sure that a team in the neonatal intensive care unit was on standby.