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Why choose UCLA Health for child care?

At UCLA Health, we provide innovative health care services from birth to 21 that focus on your child’s specific needs. Our pediatric and family medicine physicians deliver: Child-friendly care: Our experienced specialists provide the latest in pediatric care.

Why choose a PCP at UCLA?

These relationships offer comfort, convenience, and optimal health throughout your time as a student at UCLA. Our PCPs are physicians, nurse practitioners, or physicians assistants with training in family practice, pediatrics, or internal medicine.

Why choose our pediatricians in Los Angeles?

Convenience: Our pediatricians and family medicine physicians provide primary care to children at more than 25 locations throughout the greater Los Angeles region. Our pediatric specialists also spend time in community offices, so your child can get the care they need, close to home.

What is pediatrics in UCLA?

Pediatrics is a multi-specialty service providing family-centered quality care to the infant, toddler, child and adolescent patient requiring acute medical and surgical care. The patients require comprehensive, specialized, age-specific care that necessitates close observation, frequent nursing assessment and ancillary service involvement. The ages of our patients range from newborn to 21 years, with the exception of the Pediatric Oncology patients under the UCLA Teen & Young Adult (TYA) program, which covers ages 13-25 years old. The patients have a variety of chronic and acute medical and surgical diagnoses. Patients in Pediatrics may require 1:2, 1:3, or 1:4 nurse to patient ratio. Patients may require skilled nursing interventions that include: central line care, tracheostomy care, chest tube management, transfusion of blood products and chemotherapy, wound and drain care, ostomy care, gastrostomy care, parenteral and enteral feeding.

What is UCLA Health System?

UCLA Health System is passionate about making a difference in the lives of children, and helping to shape future generations. Serving more than 6,000 inpatients and 100,000 outpatients annually, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA is one of the world's preeminent institutions for pediatric research, teaching and care. In U.S. News & World Report's 2010-2011 edition of America's Best Children's Hospitals, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA was recognized in nine out of ten categories. Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital significantly expanded its services to pediatric patients with the addition of a 15-bed general pediatrics unit. This addition, along with our 16-bassinet Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) equipped to treat a broad range of infants, allows us to make a lasting impact on the newest lives.

What ratio is needed for pediatrics?

The patients have a variety of chronic and acute medical and surgical diagnoses. Patients in Pediatrics may require 1:2, 1:3, or 1:4 nurse to patient ratio. Patients may require skilled nursing interventions that include: central line care, tracheostomy care, chest tube management, transfusion of blood products and chemotherapy, ...

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About Us

The Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital provides comprehensive inpatient pediatric care at both Westwood and Santa Monica campuses. Learn more »

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