NICU Registered Nurse DAYNIGHT

• Traveler needed for a 41 bed NICU.
  
• Nurse to patient ratio-1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4 (depending on acuity) Assignments are evaluated every 4 hours and as needed.
  
• We are as Open Unit not private rooms, we have PODS, 4-6 beds per pod.
  
• It is essential that our Travellers be able to: Care for stable infants working on maintaining their temperature, oral feeding skills and NGT feedings.
  
• Transport infants for swallowing studies, fluoroscopy and MRI Care for infants on various respiratory support; Oscillator, JET, conventional, CPAP and SiPap.
  
• The nurse plays a major role in multi-disciplinary rounds done everyday and evening.
  
• There are Attending s, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Residents, available on the unit at all times, as well as Respiratory Therapists.
  
• We need someone who is able to make quick decisions on their feet, someone who is detail oriented, but able to see the bigger picture, a critical thinker.
  
• Someone who is eager and enthusiastic about work, someone who has integrity, and is able to self-report mistakes or errors without fear of being reprimanded.
  
• This is an extremely fast paced environment, at times, so we need someone with strong assessment and clinical skills.
  
• Our Team comprises a Nurse Manager, 4 Team Coordinators, Clinical Nurse Educator, Apnea Nurse Specialist,
  
• Our Level IV NICU at Geisingers Janet Weis Childrens Hospital in Danville provides the highest possible level of neonatal medical and surgical intensive care for premature infants.
  
• Our compassionate staff use the most advanced technology to treat infants.
  
• We provide care in an array of sub-specialty areas, including:
  
• Cardiology
  
• Pulmonology
  
• Endocrinology
  
• Gastroenterology
  
• Genetics
  
• Neurology
  
• Neurosurgery
  
• Urology
  
• Surgery
  
• Otolaryngology or ear, nose and throat
  
• Plastic surgery
  

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