Ward for families and newborns

The fee depends on the type of visit: you will be charged a daily inpatient fee, a clinic fee, a day surgical fee or a continuing treatment fee. More information about client fees.

Training, teaching and guidance

Our ward provides an opportunity to learn the principles of nursing of newborns and women after childbirth.

We provide care to women with high-risk and low-risk pregnancies, and their families. As a student, you will gain experience in patient guidance, especially guidance in supporting breastfeeding and parenthood. As your training progresses, you will gradually be able to act independently of your mentor but with her/his support.

Before your training period

We work in three shifts and we expect you to plan your shifts in accordance with the shifts of your mentor.

The ability to work on the ward requires knowledge of female physiology, neonatal care and breast feeding.

Read the web page The hospital as a learning environment.

What will you learn?

• Monitoring and nursing of women after delivery and of their newborn
• Breast feeding guidance
• Supporting parenthood
• Facing families under various life circumstances
• Wide, multidisciplinary collaboration

Student contacts

Anne Kujanpää, Ida Qvarnström and Salla Raita.
E-mail addresses have the form firstname.lastname@varha.fi

The ward for families and newborns is located on the 8th floor of the Lighthouse hospital and the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is located on the 3rd floor. The ward for families and newborns is a rooming-in ward with rooms for one or two mother-infant pairs. Practically all rooms can be changed into family rooms, if needed. After childbirth, you may ask if free family rooms are available at the maternity ward.

Family rooms are available for couples, if your spouse can be with you and help round-the-clock. Siblings cannot be accommodated in family rooms. A refrigerator is available in the day room of the ward for your own snacks, if needed. We recommend that the spouse brings along a loose shirt that can be buttoned or zipped up to the maternity ward.  This will make it easier to follow the baby during skin-to-skin contact.

There are lockable cupboards available for your personal items, but space is limited. It’s best if you take your own toiletries along with you to the hospital. You may use your own clothes, if you like. We also recommend that your take your own indoor slippers with you to the ward.

The spouse/support person and the baby’s 7 years old and older siblings are welcome to visit at any time between 8 am and 8 pm. The visiting time for the grandparents is between 6 and 7 pm. Due to the RSV virus epidemic, visitors under the age of 7 may not come to the department.

Changes in visiting hours and rules are possible due to the contagious disease situation (corona, RS virus and other).

Check this instructional video (Dreambroker.com) to find us in the Lighthouse hospital.