Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Unveils Renovations to Maternity Unit at Community Open House on November 17

SOMERVILLE, N.J.,– Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (RWJUH) has renovated its maternity unit to enhance the comfort and quality of care for patients and their families. The hospital will unveil these renovations to the public during a community open house on Thursday, November 17 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at 110 Rehill Ave., Somerville. Members of the community are invited to attend to tour the unit. Light refreshments will be available.

Renovations include updates to labor and delivery rooms, post-partum rooms, operating room and the nurses’ stations, including new furniture, flooring, paint and décor. All patient rooms will feature the GetWellNetwork®, an interactive patient education television system which offers access to the internet, email and videos about health-related topics during a patient’s stay in the hospital. The maternity unit remained open and fully operational during the renovation period.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset provides a wide-range of services for expectant mothers, newborns and their families, including counseling with Maternal-Fetal Medicine staff and a perinatologist, a comprehensive Diabetes Center offering pregnancy and post-partum counseling, a Family Practice Center, anesthesiology coverage dedicated to obstetrics, a Level II Intermediate Care Nursery staffed 24/7 by a board-certified neonatologist and specially trained nurses, a lactation consultant for inpatient and outpatient visits, post-partum and infant care classes offered during a patient’s stay so that they are ready for discharge, and childbirth education featuring a wide range of topics for parents, siblings and grandparents.

For more information about maternity services at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, visit www.rwjuh.edu. For a physician referral, call 1-888-MD-RWJUH.

About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is a 965-bed academic medical center with campuses in New Brunswick and Somerville, NJ. Its Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, stroke care, neuroscience, joint replacement, and women’s and children’s care including The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (www.bmsch.org).

As the flagship Cancer Hospital of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the principal teaching hospital of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, RWJUH is an innovative leader in advancing state-of-the-art care. A Level 1 Trauma Center and the first Pediatric Trauma Center in the state, RWJUH’s New Brunswick campus serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness.

RWJUH has been ranked among the best hospitals in America by U.S. News & World Report seven times and has been selected by the publication as a high performing hospital in numerous specialties. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital has been ranked among the best hospitals in America by U.S. News & World Report three times. In addition, RWJUH was named among the best places to work in health care by Modern Healthcare magazine and received the Equity of Care Award as Top Hospital for Healthcare Diversity and Inclusion from the American Hospital Association. RWJ also was named one of America’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare Magazine.

Both the New Brunswick and Somerset campuses have earned significant national recognition for clinical quality and patient safety, including the prestigious Magnet® Award for Nursing Excellence and “Most Wired” designation by Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine. The Joint Commission and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services have designated the New Brunswick Campus as a Comprehensive Stroke Center and the Somerset Campus as a Primary Stroke Center.

The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer has rated RWJUH New Brunswick among the nation’s best comprehensive cancer centers and designated the Steeplechase Cancer Center at RWJ Somerset as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center. The Joint Surgery Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for total knee and total hip replacement surgery.

For more information, visit us online at www.rwjuh.edu.