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[quote=Anonymous]Can we please stop the fear mongering about the Sibley NICU? This happens constantly. I’ve discussed this with my OB and he said that literally only about once every two to three years is there a case where a baby needs to be transferred from Sibley’s nursery to Georgetown. It’s extremely rare. Also, the neonatologists who work at Sibley also work at Georgetown. So the staff are the same.

Let’s not pretend that a higher grade NICU means you will automatically get better care—in many cases then you are talking about teaching hospitals (which have their own issues because you’ve got a bunch of med students and residents cluttering up the environment), hospitals who have Baby Friendly designations, and/or hospitals with issues with nursing staff (ie like being constantly understaffed or using traveling nurses who may or may not be familiar with the hospital rules and protocols).

Bad things happen at all hospitals, and being in a higher level NICU or a level one trauma center or at an academic medical center does not mean you are guaranteed the best care. My good friends mom, a retired nurse, would intentionally never go to teaching hospitals for her own care because she had seen so many issues from her time as a staff nurse with students and residents. If you look up infection rates, readmission rates, patient satisfaction scores, and Leapfrog rates for some of these hospitals you’ll find the true picture is far more complex than boiling down which hospital is best simply by a measure like C section rate or NICU level. [/quote]

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