Neonatal Nurses
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Q: How much do neonatal nurses make in Ireland?
How much do neonatal nurses make in Ireland? And also how much do labor and delivery nurses make in Ireland?
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Q: What color scrubs do Neonatal Nurses wear and does the hospital supple them?
I just wanted to know what color the scrubs for that profession were because all of the Neonatal nurses i know that work at different hospitals have different colors.
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Q: Any neonatal nurses or fashion designer/assisants out there who can describe what you do on the job?
These are the two careers that i am considering-a neonatal nurse or someone in the fashion industry, maybe a designer or fashion director. I would like to hear from anyone who is a part of either of these occupations and what it is you do on the job! Thanks!
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Q: Does schooling and pay vary between the levels of neonatal nurses?
I really want to be a Level I Neonatal Nurse, but I don't know how much schooling or what other programs it requires. Help me?
A: You will need at least a BSN degree with a few years of experience. I don't know where you live as far as pay goes. Here in Ohio you can expect 50-60K per year based upon experience.
Q: neonatal nurses...........?
how long of breaks do you get?
any disadvantages?
what do you do if a patient acts up since thy are new born babies?
what is the oldest age of a baby you guys can check up on?
what is the daily routine that you do once a baby is born?
how many hours do you work a day?
how many days a week to you work?
please.. & thank you!
A: WOW! Lots of questions...I'll try to be as helpful as I can without overloading you with info. Im guessing you mean working in a newborn nursery with healthy babies and not in a NICU or stepdown nursery? I did both and absolutely loved both of them. Most hospitals wiill offer 4, 8, 12, and 16 hour shifts depending on you and your schedule. If you work 12 or 16 hours shifts you may work only 2 or 3 days a week depending if you are full or part time or PRN. If you work an 8 hour shift I believe you are allowed to have a 15 minute break and a 30 min lunch and if you work 12 or more you get two 15 min breaks and a 30 min lunch. Now, that doesnt usually happen, things can be stressful even in a healthy newborn nursery. We usually had a 1 to 4 nurse to patient ratio and the charge nurses would try to assign pts based on feeding schedules and such so that you would not have more than one feed at the same time. Most are fed every 3 hours and either can go out to the mothers or are fed in the nursery depending on the hospital protocol and parents. Some babies stayed longer than others if they ended up with a case of jaundice or infection or what not. Generally, once a baby is sent home they are not usually admitted back to the nursery so you would only have newborns to admit. Babies wont generally "act up" but do fuss at times but usually if they are fed and changed on schedule they tend to stay happy when they are that young. Disadvantages are that no matter what nursing field you go into they will all be stressful at times, no escaping that. Sometimes, like in pediatrics, nurses have a hard time remembering they are taking care of the family/parents as well as the patient so keep them well informed and be understanding when they have concerns about their childs care. I always tried to treat each baby as if they were my own. A pro is that babies cant talk back...LOL. I hope this helps, good luck!
Q: What do Neonatal nurses and Obstetrics gynecology nurses do?
i've always wanted to be a nurse that worked in the ob/gyn field, but then i looked up other types of nursing (the list went on forever O.O) and i saw neonatal nursing. i thought how nice, i would love to work with infants. now i can't choose -.-
A: ob/gyn nurses can work in an office or in the hospital. There are a variety of thing you can do in the hospital. You can work with patients during labor and birth, work in the ob triage area, work in the OR during c-sections or take care of post partum. Depending which hospital you work in, you may do a combination of all of the above. You can also work with gyn patients in the hospital, working with women how have had gyn surgery or cancer.
A neonatal nurse usually works in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) with mostly premature babies.
If/when you go to nursing school you will do rotations in many areas of nursing. you don't have to decide now.
Q: I want to learn more about neonatal nurses but i dont know where to look?
I am looking to choose a career and i am trying to narrow everything down so i atleast have a little insight at what it is i will try out. One of them is a neonatal nurse. I would like to know more about this, like, does it require me dealing with needles and having to do surgrey or being in surgrey with one of the babies? Any websites or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
A: --> http://healthcare.monster.com/nursing/articles/neonatal/
http://www.awhonn.org/awhonn/?pg=0-931-6260
http://www.nursejobshop.com/resources/peds_nursing.cfm
http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/nhs-knowledge_base/data/7805.html
Q: Do Neonatal nurses and Labor and Delivery nurses make good money?
I want to be both really.. can noenatal nurses and L & D nurses switch out? or do you have to work in either the NICU or L&D? I heard sometimes L&D nurses work in the NICU. Is that true? I really want to be able to do both. How long is school for that?
A: It's the same amount of schooling as getting any RN degree. I think you do need special certification, though. Maybe AORN? I cant' remember. I'm in nursing school right now and plan on going into L&D/neonatal nursing. Just trying to get through school right now, though, lol! I'll worry about special certs later. You could always call your hospital, though, or go talk to the nursing division in the school you want to attend. They probably know.
If you want to go into post partum or regular newborn nursery, you don't need special certification. The hospital I worked at floated people to these 2 places from other floors all the time.
Good luck! Nursing school is a challenge!
ETA: As far as pay, it just depends on experience and how long you work at a hospital. They can switch out, I believe. I'm sure it depends on the institution, though. Nurses switch out all the time when they are floated.
Q: How Much Money Do Neonatal Nurses Make?
I've been doing some research and I think I wanna be a neonatal nurse.....I know what they do and I Know I would really like it, but how much do they make???
A: google it. usually about the same as a regular RN
Q: i am writing a research paper on "the need for neonatal nurses"?
it needs to be 6 pages long, and mine is only 2. and i am done with all my information... so i am looking for another topic that flows with that, my thesis statement is "certified neonatal nurses are needed across the United States to increase the number of surviving babies everyday" - my teacher came up with it. haha.
but yeah, anything that goes with that?
A: You can also focus on the aspect of teaching that neonatal nurses do.
Parents of healthy neonates need education about feeding and basic care. Parents of ill neonates need extra info. and they require a competent teacher.
GOOD LUCK with your paper.
Q: What's the difference between Neonatal and Prenatal nurses?
I want to be a nurse for babies, but not for the premature babies. I sent a question out awhile ago asking what job works with new babies and I got Neonatal and Prenatal. Whats the difference?
A: Neonatal nurses work with newborn babies that are premature or ill.
Prenatal nurses (or midwives) work with expectant mothers during preganacy and birth, and newborns following birth.
If you don't want to work with premature babies, midwifery is the better option for you. However Midwifery requires at least 3 years study at University to become qualified, and also that much of your work will be with the pregnant mothers rather than babies.
However you could work as a health care assistant on a midwifery ward, I worked on a post-natal ward (after birth) as a HCA and spent much time with the babies and mothers.
Q: How much money do neonatal nurses in the level 1 unit get payed a year and week?
A: www.salary.com
It will vary somewhat by zip code.
Q: Neonatal Nurses:What's a day in your life on the job like?
So I'm really interested in becoming a neonatal nurse. I've known I wanted to work with babies since I was....Gosh. 5 years old. I think. If not earlier. I realize its not always an easy job. What's it like being a neonatal nurse? Pros and Cons? Do you get calls in the middle of the night? If so, how often? Doesn't it get annoying?
Thanks in advance
A: After the delivery room, newborn babies are taken into the care of neonatal nurses. These professionals interpret and meet the hygienic and nutritional needs of babies. Sick or premature babies require extra care and often, longer hospital visits. Level 2 neonatal nurses provide this special care and often work longer shifts as needed.
High-risk newborns that experienced difficulty in the womb or during delivery depend on the critical attention of Level 3 neonatal nurses who specialize in running the life-saving machinery in an Intensive Care Unit. While the higher levels of neonatal nursing often translate to less flexibility in work schedule and a higher degree of challenge and stress, the satisfaction of saving a baby's life and helping parents to take their new child home can be most gratifying.
If you are gentle, dependable, and care about the development of the tiniest, most helpless patients, neonatal nursing may be the best challenge for you.
You don't get calls in the middle of the night.. that is for the doctor. the nurses job is over when she clocks out at the end of the shift.
good luck, keep following your dreams :) nursing is a wonderful career.
Q: question about neonatal nurses? which level to choose?
so im thinking about pursuing a career in neonatal nursing but i still have quite a few questions... i no theres one level with healthy babies, one dealing with preemies and the ones who are ill, but what exactly is the third level? if anyone has any experience in this area, id like to know what do u actually do in each level? thx so much!
A: When you work with healthy newborns in a regular, Level I nursery, you aren't really considered a neonatal nurse most of the time, because the structure of care in most hospitals is to provide care to the mother-baby couplet. There is not a seperate nurse to care for each. Sometimes a mom-baby nurse is assigned specifically to watch the nursery in a hospital, but not as many will hire a nurse specifically for that capacity.
A Level II or Special Care Nursery is for premature infants from roughly 32-34 weeks gestation and older, as well as infants who are full-term but requiring extra care for various reasons, like infections, difficult transition at birth or birth related injuries, etc. For the most part they are stable, but still require more close observation.
A Level III or NICU is for critically ill full-term newborns as well as critical premature infants and extreme micro preemies of 23-34 weeks gestation and beyond. These babies are often on ventilators or other assistive breathing devices, have central lines, all kinds of medications / IV fluids, feeding tubes, etc. It is the most intensive kind of care.
To do any of these jobs you need to become an RN, not an LPN. Many facilities say they prefer BSN graduates over ADN grads, but if you earn your ADN you could still always apply for a job in any of these settings and see what happens.
Q: Arent Neonataligists and Neonatal Nurses basically tthe same?
ik i probably spelt it wrong.
A: Neonatologists are doctors, about 12 years of school.Neonatal nurses are RNs, 4 years of school.