Staff Nurse - Labor

About the role

The Nursery Registered Nurse (RN) at UNC HEALTH Lenoir provides evidence-based, quality patient care to newborns. The role involves utilizing the nursing process, directing, providing, and evaluating age-specific patient care according to the department's scope of service.

Responsibilities

• Analyze patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records.
• Evaluate mother/caregiver’s understanding to education and report findings to providers.
• Refer high-risk newborns for high-risk tracking, provide breastfeeding assistance to breastfeeding mothers, and maintain a safe rooming-in environment.
• Assist provider in the care of sick newborns, including IV/UVC insertion, monitoring/treating blood glucose levels, administering bedside CPAP, drawing neonatal labs, interpreting lab values, initiating/maintaining bilirubin light therapy, providing neonatal resuscitation, etc.
• Aid in stabilizing newborns for transport to higher care level facilities (Level II, III, IV).
• Develop and implement nursing care plans, communicate and interact professionally with providers, staff, patients and families.
• Maintain electronic medical records.
• Provide nursing services to infants and families in accordance with the scope of the RN as defined by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of North Carolina.
• BLS certification, ACLS certification within one year.
• Additional certifications such as PALS, TNCC, and ENPC encouraged but not required.

Requirements

• One year Nursery/NICU RN experience preferred; will consider new graduate with a passion for newborn care, elevated skill level and good time management.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$33.20 - $41.49 per hour (Minimum to Midpoint)

Schedule

Day