Responsibilities include:

• Adheres to hospital nursing practice standards, demonstrates appropriate assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care.

• Performs a comprehensive assessment of the neonate.

• Displays an understanding of normal newborn transitional care including thermoregulation, glucose monitoring, and respiratory status.

• Plans and delivers care to the newborn with complications.

• Identifies patient needs based on objective data and follows through with appropriate documentation.

• Implements appropriate Nursing actions to each patient needs identified.

• Makes decisions that reflect both knowledge of facts and sound judgment.

• Discusses with and includes parents about planned patient care and expected outcomes and documents same.

• Identifies and appropriately utilizes multidisciplinary approach to facilitate delivery of patient care.

• Instructs parents in follow-up care/activities in preparation for transfer/discharge.  Evaluates the parents understanding of instructions.  Gives written instructions and materials to parents.  Documents understanding of instructions.

• Charts precise and specific observation via Focus Charting on Flow Sheets.

• Receives and gives a knowledgeable and concise patient report to others, as necessary to demonstrate awareness of patient’s overall conditions.

• Initiates Clinical Pathways/Plan of care on appropriate patient population on admission.

Minimum Qualifications:

• ASN required, BSN preferred, from an accredited school of nursing

• Active RN License in the state of Delaware

• Must have at least 1-2 years' experience working in Special Care Nursery

• BLS Required

• Must obtain NRP certification within 6 months of employment.

• RNC preferred