Registered Nurse - NICU

Overview

Health Advocates Network is currently seeking a Registered Nurse - NICU to work at a Facility in Tacoma, WA. These are registry positions with our company.

Pay Rate
: $58 / hour

• At least 2 years of experience as a Registered Nurse - NICU in an acute care setting
• Associate's degree in nursing (ASN)
• One Year of Experience in Nursing
• Current unrestricted RN license in one of the 50 US States and/or territories
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Provider-Advanced (NRP)
• STABLE (Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood pressure, Lab work, and Emotional support)
• A thorough knowledge of electronic fetal/uterine monitoring (placement, maintenance, and interpretation)
• US Citizen
• NACI background check

• Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals. Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality and cost effectiveness.
• Perform critical care duties to include assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating age-specific nursing care across all ages.
• Perform physical exam and health histories.
• Provide health promotions, counseling, and education.
• Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions.
• Accountable for making patient care assignments based on the scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel.
• Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergency situations.
• Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people for the purpose of informing the healthcare team of plans/actions, for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
• Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
• Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes.
• Provide comprehensive professional neonatal care to critically ill neonatal patients in the NICU.
• NICU RNs are responsible for infants throughout tour of duty and have extensive knowledge and experience and have the skill for concentrated effort and are self-motivating to carry out patient care requirements.
• Responsible for caring for infants with a variety of respiratory support devices such as oscillators, vents, iNO, CPAP, SIPAP, nasal cannula and trach tubes.
• Participate in the development and updating of patient care plan.
• Monitor IV fluids, blood, and blood products, check rate, volume, and insertion site. Perform neonatal catheter care. Change fluid containers and tubing. Recognize potential problems and take corrective action.
• Perform basic infant care procedures, lifting, turning, transporting, and positioning. Providing personal hygiene care, changes linens, clothing, and feeds infants to include NG/OG, PO, G-tube feedings.
• Support, assist and instruct breast feeding Mothers to promote maximum nutritional needs based on Mothers' desire to breast feed.
• Set up or assist in setting up and use specialized equipment such as ventilator support oxygen delivery systems, drainage suction devices, hypothermic units, and infusion pumps.
• Mix and administer prescribed medication orally, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, intravenously.
• Serve as a resource person whom other critical care nurses and other health providers consult when particularly difficult problems in care of critically ill patients arise.
• Serves as a member of the Neonatal Resuscitation Team; attends high-risk deliveries and initiates neonatal resuscitative measures as directed.
• HCWs will be required to float within similar specialties.

If interested, please apply through this job post. You may send a copy of your most recent resume. If you have any questions, please feel free to call at (phone number removed) and ask to speak with Cameron Monday-Friday (08:30 AM - 05:00 PM MT).