Experience
- Minimum 2 years experience required
- At least 1 year of NICU specialty experience required
- Previous travel experience required
- Community hospital experience required
- Patient ratio experience of 2-3 required
License & Certification Required
- RN License
- BLS
- NRP Advanced or NRP (if willing to obtain advanced certification before start)
- PALS
Skills Required
- Administration of blood & blood products
- Anti-Seizure Medications
- APGAR scoring
- Arterial line management
- Assist with lumbar puncture
- Attendance at High Risk Deliveries
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Breastfeeding support
- Bubble CPAP
- Central line blood draw
- Central Line/Implanted Line Care
- Conscious Sedation
- Developmental Care
- Dysrhythmia Interpretation/Management
- Feedings (bottle, breast, gavage)
- Gastroschisis/Omphalocele management
- 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 management
- Neonatal Dosage Calculations
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome management
- Neonatal Sepsis management
- Placement/Management of oral/nasogastric/nasojejunal tubes
- Seizure disorder management
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- Suctioning (ETT, NT)
- Surfactants management
- Therapeutic hypothermia (cooling blanket)
- UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheter) management
- UVC (Umbilical Vein Catheter) management
- Ventilator management (AC/PC/SIMV/CPAP/BIPAP/PEEP)
