The Challenges Of Becoming A Neonatal Nurse Practitioner - 0 views
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neonatal nurse practitioners are medical professionals that provide care for newborns or premature babies. Babies have many health problems that they develop during 28 days they are out.
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Having the title as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner opens many path ways. For example being able to work in a hospital, nursery, maternity ward
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working as a neonatal nurse has high risks you must know the skills like the back of your hand. You can put a child's life in danger. Becoming a Neonatal nurse practitioner is taking a high responsibility.
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vulnerable
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your full attention and time has to go towards the babies because they have medical issues. When working in this field you have to take precautions.
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You must know how to talk to the infants parents to make them understand what is going to happen to there child's life. You must try to make them understand what is best for there child. If its death you must be strong and go through with it and be strong.
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You also need to work with the parents, most especially the mother of the newborns.
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Neonatal Nurse Practitioner has many duties and responsibilities other than helping kids with medical problems
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Working with such vulnerable group of patient requires great knowledge, excellent skills, and ability to respond to any crisis that may arise.
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A neonatal nurse practitioner is an expert in managing the health and the development status of growing infants.
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Duties And Responsibilities Of A Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
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Another thing is that, when working in this field doesn’t only limit your responsibility to the newborns.
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Neonatal nurse practitioner is the one responsible for drug therapy. They also handle emergencies and specialize in high risk deliveries.
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They also maintain and update the records of the patient and ensure that all of the information is accurate.
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In order to become a neonatal nurse practitioner, one must complete a nursing degree and become registered on that field.
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The nurse practitioner license is needed in almost all states before one could start to look for hospital or clinic jobs. The license should be renewed in three years cycle.
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Their patient alone is already a great challeng
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You need to teach the mother to cope with the special needs of their newborn and help them learn the right way on how to take care of their babies.
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A neonatal nurse practitioner is a medical professional which is responsible for providing care to newborns especially during their first twenty eight days after birth. Providing nursing care at this stage is critical to the health, development, and most especially to the life of the child.
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Nurse practitioners also teach neonatal nurses about how to handle infants suffering from congenital heart disorders, respiratory ailments, defects related with premature births, and also low birth weight.
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Neonatal nurse practitioner creates discharge plans when managing patient transfer.
