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The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) provides care for children with congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension and acquired heart disease, serving patients from neonate through adulthood (for adults with congenital heart disease). Cardiac surgeries range from less complex procedures or surgical repairs to high risk, complicated surgeries.

The Cardiac Progressive Care Unit (CPCU) provides care for children with congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension and acquired heart disease, serving patients from neonate through adulthood (for adults with congenital heart disease). Conditions include heart transplants, cardiology (medical and surgical) including congenital and acquired heart disease, pre- and post-heart transplant for vasoactive and anti-rejection therapies, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac catheterization recovery and adult congenital heart patients. This unit also services medical and surgical overflow.

Our Anschutz Campus Emergency Department is a Level I Regional Pediatric Trauma Center which offers emergency health services 24 hours daily to patients from birth to 22 years old. The Emergency Department is responsible for the immediate treatment of any medical or surgical emergency, for initiating lifesaving procedures and for providing emergency care for other conditions, including chronic medical conditions and minor illnesses and injuries.

The emergency flight team has provided over 45 years of service to Colorado kids and is comprised of emergency responders offering a 24/7 response to the community. The Children’s One Emergency Transport fleet includes an Airbus H-130 helicopter, a Pilatus PC-12 fixed wing plane and two dual-load ambulances. We are proud to offer the first-ever emergency rescue helicopter designed specifically for kids.

Labor and Delivery provides care for healthy obstetric patients requiring antepartum surveillance, fetal procedure or delivery to assist in the health of an anomalous fetus or neonate. This includes triage, ambulatory surgery, observation, and inpatient admissions.

This 72-bed unit encompasses three service lines (Neurology, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation) and 14 sub-specialties. Patients are treated for trauma, solid-organ transplant, burns, general surgery, plastics, urology, colorectal, bariatrics, neurology, neurosurgery, epilepsy monitoring, orthopedics and rehabilitation and receive state-of-the-art interventions and treatments, as well as specialized nursing care.

With 48 inpatient beds and 16 infusion rooms, this unit can service over 1,000 bone marrow transplants. Patients include infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer, blood disorders, cellular therapy primarily for cancer not responsive to conventional therapies, as well as immunodeficiency or selected genetic disorders. It also services medical and surgical overflow. We care for patients with a non-malignant diagnosis, experimental therapeutics and those requiring hospitalization for radioactive treatments.

This unit has 48 beds and serves children with a variety of medical conditions specializing in digestive health, renal impairment, infectious diseases, behavioral health, endocrine and metabolic disorders and immune deficiencies. The unit also cares for patients with an acute medical need with a behavioral health concern (e.g., eating disorder, suicide attempt/ideation, conversion disorder).

This unit has 48 beds and is associated with Children’s Colorado’s Breathing Institute. We care for pediatric patients with a variety of conditions such as pulmonary (asthma, bronchiolitis, croup, pneumonia, pertussis, cystic fibrosis, bronchomalacia, chronic ventilation status) and airway conditions (tracheostomy status, airway anomalies, tracheal malacia and atresia, airway reconstruction, and tonsil/adenoidectomy).

Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a Level 4, 82-bed regional referral center for the seven-state region with a platinum-level designation for ECMO.

We treat neonate, infant and pediatric patients less than 2 years old with conditions including hypoxemic respiratory failure, infections, hematological, neurological, cardiovascular, metabolic disorders, single major or multiple anomalies requiring diagnostic work-up and/or surgical intervention. We provide continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), renal dialysis and body cooling for neonates among many other therapies to provide the highest level of neonatal care to infants and their families.

The culture in the NICU includes great teamwork and support for nurses who are learning and growing. Children's Colorado provides many opportunities for advancement within a Clinical Advancement Program for nurses.

The Operating Room, Cardiovascular Operating Room (OR/CVOR) has 16 state-of-the-art operating rooms (14 main and 2 CVOR), and services more than 23,000 cases per year, treating patients from birth through adulthood. Our catheter lab performed 1,000 cases last year, and we recently reached our 500th heart transplant milestone. Surgeries performed are general pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, cardiac surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, urology, ENT, ophthalmology, transplant, maternal fetal, bariatric surgery, colorectal surgery, dental, interventional surgery/procedures and other diagnostic procedures.

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) provides care for children with life-threatening illnesses as well as those who are at serious risk for life threatening complications. We care for children from birth to 21 years of age.

Patients treated here are experiencing multi-organ system failure, acute and chronic pulmonary conditions, meningitis, septic shock, near drowning, diabetic ketoacidosis, renal and/or hepatic failure, oncology/bone marrow transplant or airway management, among other needs. Major diagnostic categories include respiratory, neurologic, injury/poisoning, trauma, oncologic and infectious disease.

The PICU also provides care for patients receiving solid organ transplant as well as neurosurgical, burn, orthopedic, ENT and general pediatric surgical patients.

Patients in the PICU are cared for by a multidisciplinary team including pediatric intensivists, RNs and dedicated PICU respiratory therapists, pharmacists, nutritionists, social workers and child life specialists. We provide family-centered care by identifying and addressing the needs of the patient and family throughout their hospitalization.

The Pediatric Mental Health Institute provides the highest quality mental health services to children, adolescents and their families. We deliver evidence-based, family-focused and youth-centered services that make a difference. We are also dedicated to training the next generation of mental health professionals and conducting research to advance the field of child and adolescent mental health. Our interdisciplinary teams include psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, nurses and creative art therapists who specialize in addressing the unique treatment needs of each and every child and adolescent we serve. We provide a complete continuum of psychiatric services including outpatient, partial hospitalization, inpatient and emergency services for children and adolescents, treating patients from birth to 18 years of age.

This unit is a Level 2 State Trauma Center, offering emergency health services 24 hours daily to patients from birth up to 22 years old. The Emergency Department is responsible for the immediate treatment of any medical, surgical, or behavioral health emergencies, for initiating lifesaving procedures and for providing emergency care for other conditions, including chronic medical conditions and minor illnesses and injuries.

The general medical and surgical floors are great units for a nurse who desires variety, challenges, opportunities, and support from an enthusiastic and cohesive pediatric team. This is a dynamic group of people who love working with children and their families in the southern part of Colorado.

We care for children with a variety of medical conditions including:

• Gastrointestinal
• Neurologic
• Epilepsy monitoring
• Metabolic
• Renal
• Renal
• Hematological
• Oncological
• Infectious disease
• Pulmonary
• Endocrine
• Behavioral health
• Immune deficiencies

We see general surgical and complex surgical/medical patients from newborns to young adults. Our surgical population includes:

• General surgery
• ENT
• Neurosurgery
• Orthopedic/spine
• Plastics/reconstruction
• Trauma
• Urology services

Most patients demonstrate appropriate developmental abilities.

MedSurg clinical nurses can expect to care for up to 4 acutely ill patients and should exhibit exceptional time management and delegation skills. Our low turnover rates and high employee engagement scores can be attributed to the incredible teamwork and camaraderie of the clinical team.

MedSurg offers an incredible opportunity to care for a variety of patients, while fulfilling the desire to critically think, challenge one’s skills and make a lifelong impression on the life of a patient and their family.

Our Colorado Springs Operating Room (OR) provides care for patients from newborn to 21 years of age. Surgeries include general pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, orthopedic surgery, CMF, neurosurgery, urology, ENT, ophthalmology, bariatric surgery, colorectal surgery, PICC/central line insertion, endoscopy and other diagnostic procedures.

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) provides intensive and intermediate care for patients with life-threatening illnesses, as well as for those who are at serious risk for life-threatening complications or need close monitoring. We care for children from birth to 21 years old.

Critical illnesses treated include multi-organ system failure, acute and chronic pulmonary conditions, meningitis, septic shock, near drowning, diabetic ketoacidosis, renal and/or hepatic failure, oncology and airway management.

Major diagnostic categories include respiratory, neurologic, injury/poisoning, trauma, oncologic and infectious disease.

The Critical Care team is the primary management team for all medical patients in the PICU. PICU surgical patients are post-operatively recovered here, supported by the post anesthesia care unit staff.

The pre-/post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) provides pre-, intra-, and post-procedural care to patients undergoing elective, urgent or emergent surgical or invasive procedures (with the exception of cardiac surgery and transplants). The pre- and post- anesthesia care unit also provides nursing care for non-anesthesia gastrointestinal and rehab medicine procedures, and hosts observation, extended stay and inpatient admissions for both medical and surgical needs.

Surgery and procedures include general, neurosurgery, urology, dental, pain blocks, plastic, ophthalmology, orthopedic/spine, otorhinolaryngology, gastroenterology, pulmonary, dermatology, radiology and other diagnostic procedures.

This unit may also be used as an overflow area for the PICU.

Our Level III NICU in Colorado Springs cares for a large volume of patients with more than 50 licensed beds in a free-standing children’s hospital. Our NICU focuses its expertise on specializing in the care of a wide variety of neonatal patients ranging from extremely premature infants, critically ill term newborns, surgical patients, and everything in between. We are a full-service children’s hospital with the necessary subspecialties to meet the unique needs of the patients we serve.

As the premier children’s hospital serving the Southern Colorado region, we receive patients from facilities in Colorado Springs, Southern Colorado and neighboring states. Many of our patients are born close by at UC Health, our next-door hospital partner. Our unit has a sky bridge to their labor and delivery unit which serves as a wonderful partnership for the parents to come and see their baby while mom is still inpatient.

We are primarily a clean NICU, meaning babies that come to us have usually never been home. However, when babies need our help, we are ready to do whatever it takes to provide them the best care. We will take babies who have been home for: phototherapy, ruling out sepsis, respiratory illnesses, and other needs for hospitalization under certain circumstances.

Colorado Springs was ranked the second-best metro area to live in the United States (out of 150 cities) by U.S. News & World Report for 2022. To make the top of the list, a city must have good value, be a desirable place to live, have a strong job market and a high quality of life.