Women's and Infants' and Ambulatory Services

Labor & delivery

The labor and delivery suite consists of 4 observation/triage rooms, 3 observation/recovery rooms, 12 labor/delivery/recovery rooms, 3 operating rooms and 1 observation/recovery area with 5 bays. Nurses provide proficient, compassionate family-centered care for women 16 weeks pregnant and beyond. We provide comprehensive clinical care and support for antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients with needs that range from uncomplicated to those with the most complex physical and emotional issues. These include patients with mild to severe preeclampsia, diabetes, kidney disease, cardiac disease, hematologic/oncologic disease, obesity, congenital disorders, etc.

Working collaboratively with Children's Hospital National Medical Center, our "Special Moms, Special Babies" program coordinates the deliveries of babies requiring the immediate attention of the specialists at CHNMC.

We have an extensive bereavement program for patients and families experiencing fetal or neonatal loss. Our nurses are trained to circulate on surgical cases, including Caesarian sections, tubal ligations, and D&Cs, as well as recovering these patients, including those who have received general anesthesia.

Mother/Baby and High-Risk Antepartum

These inpatient units include 36-bed ante-partum and post-partum units and a 17-bed newborn nursery. Nurses provide both ante-partum and postpartum care on both units. We provide care for diabetic patients, preterm labor surveillance, gestational hypertension surveillance and other conditions that require acute or extended hospitalizations.

We offer an environment where there is a family centered focus with great emphasis on providing excellent support and education to the mother and family in the care and well being of the newborn. We provide excellent support and education in exclusively breastfeeding to provide the very best start for our smallest patients. The nursing staff is supported by the clinical expertise of Clinical Care Facilitators (CCF).

Newborn Nursery

The newborn nursery is used for normal newborns undergoing assessments and procedures (such as circumcision), as well as the care of newborns with hyperbilirubinemia & other minor complications.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Level III NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) and Intermediate Care Nursery

There are 36-beds Level III NICU providing care for neonates with gestational age range from 23- weeks to full term (40+ weeks) neonates. The primary diagnosis is prematurity, respiratory distress, resulting in infants requiring ventilator support, incubator support, cardio-respiratory monitoring and frequent observation. Care is also provided to neonates with presumptive or diagnosed sepsis, aspiration pneumonia, gastrointestinal diseases, reflux, feeding difficulties and other disease processes.

Newborns are admitted from the Labor and Delivery Suite. Infants requiring surgical intervention are transported to Children's National Medical Center by their medical team. Siblings are allowed scheduled visits.

High Risk Perinatal Clinic

Our team of well-respected perinatologists, genetic specialists, sonographers and nurses provide highly-specialized outpatient care and consultation to women with medically and/or emotionally complicated pregnancies with dignity and respect.

OB/Gyn Clinic

The OB/GYN clinic provides primary care and ambulatory diagnostic, treatment and education; pre/post natal services to normal and high risk pregnancies and GYN care to women of all ages. Patients are referred as inpatients, by their physician or make an appointment on their own.

The GYN services include colposcopy, infertility, family planning, post menopausal and uro-gyn services. The OB clinic provides services to high risk groups, such as gestational diabetics and those with HIV infection.

Medical & Medical Specialties Clinics

Provides interdisciplinary primary care for adult patients in the ambulatory arena. In addition to the general medical clinics, there are specialty clinics for Rheumatology, Geriatrics, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Pulmonary, Nephrology, Infectious Disease, and Gastroenterology. A special team approach has been established for managing the care of patients with the diagnoses of CHF, Stroke, Diabetes, and HIV.

Oral Surgery Clinic

Provides comprehensive oral surgery health care that includes evaluation, immediate care, pre- and post-operative care out-patients. The range of services extends from the management of simple tooth abscesses to the replacement of teeth with dental implants, to the treatment of severe facial infections, facial trauma, facial malformation, and tumors of the jaw.

Surgical Clinic

The surgical clinics provide management of those patients that are pre and post surgical procedures, as well as ambulatory diagnostic, treatment and education to patients with a variety of problems. The surgical clinic offers programs in orthopedics, general surgery, urology, bariatric plastics, ostomy, neurosurgery, vascular, podiatry, trauma and pain.

ENT Clinic

The ENT Clinic provides surgical pre and postoperative follow-up and ambulatory diagnostic; treatment and education. Patient's ages range from adult to geriatric adult. Patients are referred with a wide variety of ear, nose and throat problems. Many patients have multiple or chronic medical and social problems, which experience frequent hospitalizations, and are followed in more than one clinic at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Transplant Clinic

Provides care for both pre and post transplant patients. The multidisciplinary team provides:

• Recipient evaluation, education and preparation for kidney transplantation.
• Living donor evaluation and advocacy, education and preparation for kidney donation.
• Recipient follow-up care, education and services.
• Patient registration on the national waiting list.
• Clinical coordination with organ procurement organizations to obtain suitable organs for recipients.
• Professional and community education programs regarding transplant and organ donation.
• Patient support group, advocacy and community involvement.