New Pediatric Unit Opens at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital Amenities Include Large Rooms, Video Games, Sleep Sofas for Parents
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
New Brunswick - A large new pediatric unit has opened at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, offering private rooms and all the family-friendly amenities that have earned the hospital top marks for patient satisfaction.
The new unit, consisting of 24 private rooms, occupies the new fifth floor of the expanding children's hospital, and replaces a unit that had been located within Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
"What are the hallmarks of a top children's hospital - the highest quality care and a caring, compassionate environment," said Clifton R. Lacy, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. "Our children's hospital has the leading-edge technology and the clinical talent of an academic medical center combined with child-friendly and family-centered care."
The new child-friendly unit is equipped with sleeping accommodations for parents and roomy private bathrooms with showers and medicine cabinets for personal effects. All rooms have refrigerators, DVD, VCR and Xbox video games. Parents will also appreciate the lounge with refrigerator, microwave and comfortable chairs. The unit accommodates newborns to children up to age 11.
The new unit also has a large schoolroom with computers and Internet access. Tutors are available to help children keep up with their schoolwork while hospitalized. The unit's large, colorful playroom is divided into activity zones so children can play, create, or watch a video.
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has consistently ranked in the top 1 percent nationally in patient satisfaction for children's hospitals, according to Press Ganey Associates, a leader in patient satisfaction monitoring.
"The family-friendly amenities are a fine complement to the comprehensive medical and surgical services provided at the children's hospital, which now include pediatric cardiology, epilepsy care, a Regional Perinatal center and soon, cardiac surgery," according to Dr. Daniel Notterman, Physician-in-Chief of the children's hospital and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
The new unit is part of a previously announced $30 million expansion for the 72-bed children's hospital. The 56,500 square-foot expansion will also allow for the consolidation of all medical services for children, including the most medically-fragile infants, within the family-friendly environs of the children's hospital. In addition, the Special Care Nursery and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will be moved from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital to the children's hospital.
About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Selected as one of four hospitals nationwide to offer the world's first self-contained implantable artificial heart, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (www.rwjuh.edu) is a 600-bed academic medical center and the principal hospital of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ. Robert Wood Johnson is an innovative leader in advancing state-of-the-art care in medicine. Its Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, and women's and children's care including The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (www.bmsch.org). The hospital is also a Level 1 Trauma Center and serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness.
The hospital has earned significant national recognition for clinical quality and patient safety. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the nation for both heart and heart surgery and respiratory disorders, according to U.S.News & World Report's 2008 ranking of "America's Best Hospitals." The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer has rated Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital among the nation's best comprehensive cancer centers. The Leapfrog Group rated Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital as one of the 50 exceptional U.S. hospitals, as published in Consumers Digest magazine. Harvard University researchers, in a study commissioned by The Commonwealth Fund, identified Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital as one of the top 10 hospitals in the nation for clinical quality. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is also a recipient of the prestigious Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence for more than 10 consecutive years.
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