Experience
- Minimum 3 years NICU experience required
- Level III NICU experience required
- Patient ratio experience of 2 patients per nurse required
- Previous attendance at high-risk deliveries and performing baby resuscitation required
License & Certification Required
- Registered Nurse (RN) license
- BLS
- NRP
Skills Required
- Administration of blood and blood products
- Antibiotics/Antivirals
- APGAR scoring
- Arterial line management
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Bubble CPAP
- Central line blood draw
- Developmental care
- Feedings (bottle, breast, gavage)
- High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
- Hyperbilirubinemia management
- Insulin administration
- Isolation precautions/PPE
- Management of chest tubes
- Meconium aspiration
- Neonatal dosage calculations
- Neonatal sepsis
- NICU for neonates 29-34 weeks
- Oxygen delivery systems
- Patient/family teaching
- Phlebotomy
- Phototherapy
- Placement/management of oral/nasogastric/nasojejunal tubes
- Respiratory distress syndrome
- Sepsis work up
- Starting and maintaining IVs
- Steroids
- Surfactants
- Thermoregulation
- UAC (Umbilical Artery Catheter)
- UVC (Umbilical Vein Catheter)
Desired Skills
- Experience in a community hospital setting
