The Women's Pavilion at Frye Regional Medical Center provides a variety of services for women and children from prenatal care and labor & delivery, to pediatric care and continuing education for child development. The Women's Pavilion provides comprehensive, quality services in a comfortable, home-like environment.

At Frye, we provide comprehensive perinatal education to help new parents prepare for their new arrival as well as to promote the health of the unborn baby. The Women's Pavilion offers a variety of classes, tours and support groups to help meet the needs of our families. Some of the programs include:

*Prenatal & Postpartum Exercise Classes
*Expectant Parent Tour
*Prepared Sibling Tours
*"Getting Off To A Good Start" – Early Pregnancy Classes
*Prepared Childbirth Classes (Lamaze) & Refresher Lamaze  Classes
*Cesarean Birth Instruction
*Breastfeeding Classes & Support Group
*Prenatal & Postpartum Infant Care Instruction

Our highly professional staff strives to give the highest quality of care to the mother and her family. Our large, comfortable birthing rooms contain advanced equipment while maintaining a relaxed home-like environment. In addition to the delivery of your infant, we provide various aspects of pre-delivery care such as IV hydration, non-stress testing, and screening for complications and pre- and post-surgical care. The unit features six spacious birthing rooms, two antepartum (testing) rooms, two cesarean section rooms, a recovery room, plus centralized monitoring.

Also included in the nursing staff at Frye are certified lactation consultants who, along with the staff nurses, provide assistance to mothers who choose to breastfeed their infants. Information is provided for establishing and maintaining a milk supply, pumping and storage of milk, breastfeeding assistance, and support groups. The Women's Pavilion features a lactation room that is utilized for the instruction of breastfeeding and offers a number of resources which may be beneficial to mothers.

This program is designed for the healthy infant and mother who are discharged from the hospital after a short stay of 2-3 days. A skilled nurse will visit in the home 1-2 days after discharge to check on the mother and infant. At this time, any questions concerning the infant's care and feeding will be discussed. Postpartum home visits are offered to mothers having their first infant; breastfeeding for the first time; or by request from by physician.

Frye Home Services "Wee Care" Neonatal Program assists new parents in the care of their infant with specialized needs. The neonatal nurse provides educational assistance, medical treatments and emotional support to the caregivers to promote the well being and growth towards independence for the family with the care of their infant. Services are provided by skilled neonatal nurses, certified lactation consultants, physical, occupational and speech therapists and medical social workers.

The Pediatric Unit provides individualized care for children ages birth through 18 years. The ten bed unit is brightly decorated and maintains a family focus. Parents are encouraged to stay with their child and to take part in their recovery. The unit is staffed with RN's and CNA's that are excellent with children and enjoy their work. All RN's are certified in Pediatric Advanced life Support and have ongoing education to keep them abreast of changes in their field. CNA's are cross trained as ward secretaries, and are also involved in ongoing education. The staff works closely as a team to help promote comprehensive, quality care for each child.

Our mission is to provide each infant with skilled, compassionate nursing care. Parents are supported with the education and encouragement needed to comfortably care for their baby at home. The Nursery care begins following delivery, through a stabilization period and remains available around the clock.

Parents have the option to "room in" with flexibility that meets their personal needs. Individual bedside instruction for parents by staff members is available 24 hours a day. From the newborn's first moments of life through the new family's hospital stay, Frye's nursery staff combine knowledge and skill to provide excellent newborn care.

The Intensive Care Nursery at Frye Regional Medical Center (Level III) is equipped to provide special care for premature, sick and/or infants with complications. Infant care is managed and performed by a combination of skilled staff, including Neonatologists, Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses and Respiratory Therapists. Infants who are referred and transported to Frye for special care may include premature infants, infants requiring pulmonary support/management, maternal/fetal complications, and infants requiring evaluation for alteration in body systems functions. Among the many services provided are laser surgery for retinopathy of prematurity and pediatric neurology.

Neonatal Transport Team services are provided by Frye Regional Medical Center 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Acutely ill neonates and infants up to one year of age, excluding trauma cases, may be referred to the team for both emergency and non-emergency transport to Frye or to another hospital for care. The Neonatal Transport Team consists of physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and respiratory therapists who have completed specialized training. Transport is provided by a specially equipped ground ambulance.

The Outpatient Pediatric Therapy Program is also a vital part for the continuum of care after the child has been discharged. Children requiring physical, occupational and speech therapy are given the opportunity to benefit through individual, group and team treatment sessions. Each plan of treatment is custom designed for individual and family needs. Target populations for the Outpatient Pediatric Therapy Program include but are not limited to: developmental delays, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, articulation/language, low birth weight/prematurity, swallowing and feeding problems, Down's Syndrome, and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD).

Frye Regional Medical Center staff, neonatologists, nurse practitioners, and members of the Neonatal Transport Team provide continued education through workshops, inservices, neonatal resuscitation and outreach education.

Frye's OB/GYN Unit provides a comfortable setting for obstetric as well as gynecologic surgery patients and is staffed with nurses specially trained for their care. Each of the 21 recently remodeled private rooms has a private bath, telephone, cable television, VCR and refrigerator. Fourteen of the rooms are quite spacious with room for a pull out lounge chair to allow a family member to stay overnight. Flexible "rooming in" is offered so that new parents can spend as much time as they desire with their new baby as well as allow periods of rest when needed.

The Women's Pavilion at Frye Regional Medical Center is located inside the hospital (420 North Center Street, Hickory) on the 3rd Floor.

A community-based clinic to follow infants who are discharged from the ICU Nursery with medical conditions, or who may have the potential for developmental delays. Infants are seen by Neonatologist, nursese, nutritionists, physical , occupational, and speech therapists.

For more information, call 828-315-FRYE (3793).

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