Essay On Neonatal Nurse

A neonatal nurse is one who subspecializes in working with newborn infants who are born with problems like birth defects, infections, being premature, surgical problems, and cardiac malformations. They embrace these infants who deal with these problems shortly after birth as well as their long-term problems they may have to deal with. Most neonatal nurses only care for the infant until they are discharged from the hospital, but some may care for them up until age two. A Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing is the first thing needed to become a neonatal nurse. This makes you a registered nurse (RN). You also have to become certified in Neonatal Resuscitation and/or Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing. Neonatal nursing job duties are usually divided into three levels which depends on how severe the case is.
No matter what level the nurse works on they also have to work with the parents of the infant. This includes providing health education on proper newborn care and assisting the parents with bathing, feeding, and providing care while the infant is in the hospital. According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of nurses in the US is expected to increase by 22% between 2010 and 2020. The demand for neonatal nurse’s looks to rise in the next decade since technology is evolving that allows premature and very ill babies to survive during the neonatal stage. On average neonatal nurses starting salary varies from $50,000-$67,000 a year. Pay may increase with