Who's got a WICU?

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A quick search on Google only comes up with Winnie Palmer in Orlando. Anyone know who else might have a women's intensive care unit? Some of the big wigs at work are talking about long range plans for building one, I would love to know how common they are and exactly what they do.

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Specializes in Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery.

Winnie Palmer is AMAZING, as is Prentiss Women's in Chicago. If you have the clientel to use it, build it. Why not?

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Specializes in OB.

I've heard that Grady in Atlanta had a L&D ICU? Not sure if it's true... we need to build one at my hospital.

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we have one. it's called adult icu, even though we're a women's hospital. our pp mag pts go there, anyone who's received blood, like after a pp hemorrhage or HELLP, one pt i know of had to be there to receive IgG. pts also go there sometimes if they're induced at less than 18 weeks, i think they take GYN stuff, too. it's a very small unit, 4 beds.

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

the johns hopkins hospital has a wicu -- stands for weinburg intensive care unit. it's much posher than the other icus at hopkins.

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