Nicklaus Children's Moves Patients into its New Advanced Pediatric Care Pavilion

Published on: 10/26/2016

Patients of Nicklaus Children’s three intensive care units and its hematology-oncology and neurology-neurosurgery units have moved into the hospital’s newly opened Advanced Pediatric Care Pavilion, a six story 213,000-square-foot tower featuring the latest technical and family-centered advancements.


Care staff supported patients and their families in relocating from the established units into the new tower units as part of a carefully planned process.

“This move is a major milestone for our organization,” said Dr. Narendra Kini, CEO of Miami Children’s Health System, parent organization of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. “We now offer one of the most technologically advanced care spaces in the world, consistent with the excellence of our clinicians. Equally, we have created a care setting that is supportive of families of children with critical illnesses, affording them privacy and more home-like comforts.”

A total of 189 of the hospital’s 289 beds are being relocated to the new tower, including those of the:

 
Highlights of the new tower include:
  • Spacious family-centered rooms with amenities, including fold-out double beds, closet space and private baths.
  • An intraoperative MRI to support care of children requiring surgery for brain tumors or medically-resistant epilepsy.
  • Family spaces for play and relaxation. Spaces feature artwork by Florida photographers to illustrate individual floor themes: earth, water, air sun and universe.
  • The latest technology (Sterisbooms) to make possible minor procedures within the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
  • Pneumatic tube technology to speed transport of medications and lab specimens within the hospital.
  • eSignage, electronic touch-screen LCD panel signs located outside of patient rooms to convey isolation precautions and other care team notifications.
  • Mobile healthcare apps, enabling staff to be constantly connected and aligned through the latest communications.
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About Nicklaus Children's Health System Where Your Child Matters Most™ (2026)

For more than 75 years, Nicklaus Children's Health System has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children. Nicklaus Children's provides pediatric care across a growing network of hospital and community-based partnerships, including care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center, select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units, and Nicklaus Children's Hospital Fort Lauderdale and Nicklaus Children's Hospital Coral Springs each located on the campuses of Broward Health. The hospitals and their network of more than 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin and Palm Beach counties. outpatient locations include an array of urgent care, pediatric primary care and subspecialty care centers and are either hospital-based or outpatient locations under Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS).Providing a pipeline of future physicians and groundbreaking research, Nicklaus Children's is an academic and clinical affiliate of the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nicklaus Children's is home to centers of excellence including the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute and Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. The 474-bed system is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with more than 40 pediatric specialties and an ambulatory surgery center. For more information, visit nicklauschildrens.org.

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