Experience
- Minimum 2 years experience required
- At least 1 year of NICU experience required
- Previous travel experience required
- Patient ratios can be up to 1-3
- Community hospital experience required
License & Certification Required
- RN license
- BCLS
- NRP Advanced (or willingness to obtain prior to 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
- Feeding support (bottle, breast, gavage)
- High-frequency ventilation
- Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
- IV vasopressors
- Management of chest tubes
- Meconium aspiration
- Neonatal dosage calculations
- Patient/family teaching
- Phototherapy
- Placement and management of oral/nasogastric/nasojejunal tubes
- Ventilator management (AC/PC/SIMV/CPAP/BIPAP/PEEP)
- Telemetry on the unit monitoring
- Therapeutic hypothermia (cooling blanket)
Desired Skills
- Experience with Nitric Oxide (INo)
- Experience with high flow nasal cannula
- Experience with oscillators
- Knowledge of hyperbilirubinemia management
- Experience managing PICC lines and mid lines
