Staff Nurse - Nursery

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.
• Provide family-centered education to mothers and caregivers regarding routine newborn care, breastfeeding, and infant safety.
• Absorb sick newborns, assist providers with IV/UVC insertion, monitoring/treating blood glucose levels, administering bedside CPAP, drawing neonatal labs, initiating/maintaining bilirubin light therapy, providing neonatal resuscitation, and stabilizing newborns for transport.
• Maintain a safe rooming-in environment and assist providers with high-risk newborn tracking, breastfeeding assistance, and ensuring a positive patient experience.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans, communicate and interact professionally with providers, staff, patients, and families, and 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.

Skills

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Communicates clearly and concisely verbally and in writing.
• Exposure and basic skills in use of clinical computer systems.
• Self-motivation; strong organizational skills; able to multi-task; goal oriented.
• Strong customer focus.
• Strong judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Work Environment

• Exposure to blood borne pathogens, airborne pathogens and other infectious diseases requiring the use of protective equipment.
• Exposure to other hazards, such as radiation, toxic waste, chemical hazards, electrical hazards, etc. based on the departments.
• Exposure to conditions, such as noxious odors, fumes, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation.
• Stressful work periods and rotating shifts.

Physical Requirements

• Requires a range of physical activity from sedentary work to heavy work.
• Includes sitting, standing, walking and lifting patients; some carrying, pushing, pulling, and lifting objects involved in day-to-day activities.
• Ability to use appropriate Safe-Patient Handling equipment.
• Visual acuity, auditory and verbal skills necessary.
• Ability to concentrate in surroundings.