Job Description
The Registered Nurse – NICU cares for newborn babies who are delivered pre-term or at-term newborns who experience complications at the time of birth. The Registered Nurse – NICU provides intensive around-the-clock care, including both medical needs and basic daily care activities.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**
+ Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care of the neonatal patient and coordinates with healthcare team members
+ Cares for infants transitioning to extrauterine life
+ Provides age and culturally appropriate care to patient
+ Provides nutritional assessment & specialized feedings
+ Changes dressings, inserts catheters, starts IVs
+ Provides arterial & intravenous therapy
+ Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, such as incubators and ventilators
+ Assists NICU Physician during examination, treatment and procedures, which can include lifesaving measures
+ Partici...
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**
+ Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care of the neonatal patient and coordinates with healthcare team members
+ Cares for infants transitioning to extrauterine life
+ Provides age and culturally appropriate care to patient
+ Provides nutritional assessment & specialized feedings
+ Changes dressings, inserts catheters, starts IVs
+ Provides arterial & intravenous therapy
+ Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, such as incubators and ventilators
+ Assists NICU Physician during examination, treatment and procedures, which can include lifesaving measures
+ Partici...