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Women & Babies Nursing

Lancaster General Health Women & Babies Hospital is a family-centered hospital focused completely on the healthcare needs of women.  It is located in East Hempfield Township, approximately 3 miles from the downtown hospital campus.  The following units are located at Women & Babies:

Couplet Care provides care to mothers and babies after delivery.  The unit consists of private rooms that are designed to accommodate the mother and infant as a couplet and allow a significant other to stay with the new family for support and education.  The Nurse Manager for Couplet Care is Michele Rapiey.

Labor and Delivery, Triage and the Special Care Units provide services to outpatients and inpatients that include both low and high risk obstetrical patients and gynecological patients requiring additional monitoring.  The 6-bed Special Care Unit is designed to meet the needs of the antepartum patient population, including those requiring telemetry monitoring. The Nurse Manager is Kimberly Callahan.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Lancaster County.  It is a nursery designed, equipped and staffed to care for babies who need special care, equipment and skilled observation.  The Nurse Manager is Angela Horne.

The Operating Room provides inpatient and outpatient surgical, therapeutic and diagnostic intervention for women.  Services include urology, general, plastics, gynecology and obstetrical surgery.  There are 5 operating rooms, 11 PACU bays and a Day Surgery area with 9 rooms.  The Nurse Manager for the Operating Room is Alice Geib.

The Women’s Inpatient Unit was designed by women especially for women requiring outpatient or inpatient services.  It is equipped and staffed to provide a wide range of surgical and medical services to pregnant and non-pregnant patients.   Michele Rapiey is the Nurse Manager for the Women’s Inpatient Unit.