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Programs & Services

Neonatal Home Support Team

The Neonatal Home Support Team is a support service for premature babies and their families to ease the transition from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to home.

This service consists of a medical team that provides support to premature babies and their families after discharge home from the NICU. It consists of home or virtual visits as well as telephone support.

Services provided include:

  • weight monitoring
  • physical and developmental assessment
  • breast and bottle feeding support
  • home NG tube weaning
  • parent education and networking opportunities
  • health promotion
  • home phototherapy (for infants 38 weeks+)

Contact Details

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Address
10240 Kingsway NW
Edmonton, Alberta
T5H 3V9
Telephone
780-735-4111 (Switchboard)
Getting There

Parking and Public transportation available.

Designated disabled parking on upper and lower levels at Main entrance on Kingsway Avenue.

Hours of Operation
Note
Service hours not available.
Access
Service Providers May Include
lactation consultants, neonatal nurse practitioners, neonatologists, registered nurses (RNs), speech language pathologists (SLPs)
Service Access

Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.

Service Languages
Interpreter/Translation services
Also Known As
Acronym
NHST