Registered Nurse Newborn ICU

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

NICU level 2 in American Fork Hospital. Our patient population consists of preterms 32 week gestation and above, infants of diabetic mothers, sepsis, respiratory distress, feeding issues, and substance withdrawal. Our team consists of 24/7 on site Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, daily Neonatologist coverage, lactation consultants, OT/SLP rehab team, and dieticians. We have an amazing team that is passionate about providing excellent care for neonates and their family.

Skills include lactation support, neurodevelopmental care, CPAP, ventilators, chest tubes, extended dwell IV lines, surfactant administration, delivery attendance with neonatal resuscitation.

Full time, 36 hours a week, nights, self-scheduling every 8 weeks. There is weekend and holiday requirements.

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

NICU level 2 in American Fork Hospital. Our patient population consists of preterms 32 week gestation and above, infants of diabetic mothers, sepsis, respiratory distress, feeding issues, and substance withdrawal. Our team consists of 24/7 on site Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, daily Neonatologist coverage, lactation consultants, OT/SLP rehab team, and dieticians. We have an amazing team that is passionate about providing excellent care for neonates and their family.

Skills include lactation support, neurodevelopmental care, CPAP, ventilators, chest tubes, extended dwell IV lines, surfactant administration, delivery attendance with neonatal resuscitation.

Full time, 36 hours a week, nights, self-scheduling every 8 weeks. There is weekend and holiday requirements.

• Assess:
  Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.
• Plan:
  Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).
• Implement:
  Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.
• Evaluate:
  Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.
• Professionalism:
  Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others. Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

• Patient Care Delivery
• Nursing Fundamentals
• Interdisciplinary Teams
• Documentations
• Professional Etiquette
• Accountability
• Patient Care Coordination
• Communication
• Patient Evaluation
• Critical Thinking

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• RNs must have their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or willing to obtain within four (4) years of their hire date.
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for…