Becoming a

Neonatal Nurse.
Created by:
Thi Trinh & Steven
Pham

Introduction...
.

1.Where did you first hear

of this career?

From seeing nurses watching over

newborn babies after they were born.

2.How did you get

interested in the career?

Enjoyed playing with babies, holding

them, getting to help raise them, and
watching them grow knowing that
you were once a person who was by
their side too made me realize how
fun and warming it was to help take
care of babies.

What is a NEONATAL NURSE?

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Neonatal nurses
work with newborn
infants from when
they are born. Their
job varies within
ranges of babies
from prematurity,
birth defects,
infection, cardiac
malformations, and
surgical problems.

ies and
duties

Help deliver premature infants, operate high- tech neonatal

machines & oversee the administration of intravenous (IV)
medications.
Providing education to families on how to prevent further
illness and manage ongoing health conditions. <<<LARGE
PART OF JOB>>>
Assist on transitioning babies to go home, sometimes with
further in-home medical assistance.
Role of also supporting parents of baby at all time when are
very anxious
There
are 3& stressed.
roles as a neonatal nurse:
Level 1- performs basic newborn care activities such as
feeding,bathing and diaper changing.
Level 11- experienced nurses perform a much more harder
task Such as dealing with defect's baby.
Level 111-Much more experienced nurses deal with
sick/premature babies in typically NICU.

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Among neonatal nurses,
there is a clinical nurse
specialist, nurse
anesthetist, nurse
midwife, and aTheir
nurseconnections are among other
practitioner. types of nurses such as
PEDIATRICIANS, SURGEONS,
DOCTORS, & ETC.

They work
closely with
parents,
neonatologist

Traits
NICU nurses must be skilled observers of infant behaviors & know
how illnesses affect patients and families.

Neonatal nurses require the ability:

Be fast & analytical thinkers in order to make appropriate treatment

decisions & deal effectively with emergencies
Have well- developed stress management skills as NICU work is
demanding & can be rough on the psyche Be flexible for patient caseload may change from day to day.
Be skilled communicators and educators, particularly when teaching
families how to care for an ill infant.
Pay attention to detail (precise documentation is a large part of NICU nursing,
and sometimes adding special touches to a care regimen can bring great comfort to
patients and their families)

Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team

Educational
Requirements
-must be registered nurse (RN)
w/ a 4- year bachelor of
science in nursing degree
(BSN)
-be certified in Neonatal
Resuscitation &/or Neonatal
Intensive Care Nursing.
-required to complete
minimum # of years of clinical
experience in hospital setting.
-also need a Master of Science
in Nursing (MSN) degree.
(Many nursing schools offer
this degree through a 2-year
Advanced Practice Neonatal
Nursing (APPN) program. This
type of program will prepare
you for licensure as a Nurse
Practitioner (NP) &/or Clinical

-After completed nursing

school training, must also
become certified by State
Board of Nursing or receive a
national certification from an
agency such as National
Certification Corporation.

The Requirements:
Biology, chemistry, and
math are the main
requirements to
becoming a
neonatologists.
You have to have a basic
knowledge of science,
English, speech, foreign
languagecommunication is VERY
important in dealing with
family care situation.

Here at WHS,
the best provided class for this type of
career would be Health
Academy, because it will show you
around the medical field.
We also have the required biology,
chemistry, and math classes to
become a NICU.

Some

GOOD SCHOOLS for this career:

Spotlight School: Rush Unive

rsity
offers a neonatal
nurse practitioner
program with the
convenience of
either online or
on-campus
The
Rush Experience: Academic
A nationally reorganized clinical & academic
programs.
Medical
Center Dynamics, Big-City
venue

exposure to diverse patients population

through a team- based approach

World- renowned faculty who practice what

they teach in an environment fostering
research & discovery

Employment-Advantages &
Disadvantages
o

The mean salary for a nurse practitioner in the U.S. is $80, 414. (The
salary normally depends on the cost of living in your area.)

The middle 50% earned between $73, 840 & $87, 008.

Nurse practitioners typically make about $20,000 more per year in

base salary then RNs.

JOB OUTLOOK: According to the U.S. Department of LAbor, the

registered nursing profession will experience a
26% growth until at least the year 2020.
This is due in part to a large number of nurses
who are expected to retire.
NICU nursing careers at all levels will be readily
available due to the fact that NICUs across the
U.S. are expanding to meet the need for care of
infants who have better chances of survival
than in previous years.

Neonatal Nurse
Salary:

The 3 Level
Concept
According to the research in the
LOW LEVEL SALARY:
job market on 2009, an
candidate w/ experience less
than one year earned an
average salary in a range from
$49,000 to $69, 000.

MIDDLE LEVEL
SALARY:

A candidate with the working

experience from 1- 5 years can
earn approximately $69, 000 to
$81, 000.

HIGH LEVEL SALARY:

With 6- 19 years of experience, a

candidate can expect to earn from
$85, 000 to $11, 000 annually.

AVERAGE ANNUAL
SALARY BY STATE
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can be a
useful way
to make
sure that
the right
position
has been
selected in
the right
area for