Experience
- Minimum 2 years experience required
- At least 1 year of NICU experience required
- Previous travel experience required
- Experience in a community hospital setting required
- Patient ratio experience of 2-3 required
License & Certification Required
- Current California RN license required
- BLS
- NRP (Advanced NRP if willing to obtain before start)
- PALS
Skills Required
- Administration of blood & blood products
- Anti-Seizure Medications
- APGAR scoring
- Arterial line management
- Assist with lumbar puncture
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Bubble CPAP
- Central line blood draw
- Central Line/Implanted Line Care
- Conscious Sedation
- Developmental Care
- Dysrhythmia Interpretation/Management
- Feeding support (bottle, breast, gavage)
- High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
- High Frequency Ventilation
- Hyperbilirubinemia management
- Insulin administration
- Invasive Hemodynamic monitoring
- Isolation Precautions/PPE
- IV vasopressors
- Management of Chest Tubes
- Meconium Aspiration care
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome management
- Neonatal Dosage Calculations
- Neonatal Sepsis management
- Care for neonates 29-34 weeks gestation
- Nitric Oxide (INo) management
- Placement/Management of oral/nasogastric/nasojejunal tubes
- Respiratory distress syndrome management
- Sepsis Work Up
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- Telemetry monitoring
- Therapeutic hypothermia (cooling blanket)
- UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheter) management
- UVC (Umbilical Vein Catheter) management
- Ventilator management (AC/PC/SIMV/CPAP/BIPAP/PEEP)
Desired Skills
- Experience managing PICC Lines
- Experience with special equipment (CPAP, BIPAP, oscillators)
- Ability to float to mother/baby unit as needed
