subject: Neonatal Nurse, Helping The Baby and The Mother [print this page] For you who love the baby, Neonatal Nurse can be your job choice for your future life. What is neonatal nurse? It is the specialist who takes care for the premature or sick newborn baby. The newborn baby is fragile and there are many conditions that can affect the baby. If the babies experience those conditions, they need the treatment from the specialist from the healthcare team.
The babies especially who are born in the premature condition will face some problems such as difficulties in the respiratory system which can danger the babies' life. The specialist has the job to treat the babies and gives the nutritional needs for the babies.
The neonatal nurse can be easy until difficult. Since the job can be so difficult, this job needs much education before you can fill this job. This profession is divided into three levels depending to the babies under their care. Your education must be supported by many certifications before you can take care of the babies.
Another job of this nurse is to support the babies' parents when they feel depressed or anxious. It is important for the babies' parents and the family's member to do the active role to take care the babies. You should be able to encourage them to join the process.
To become a neonatal nurse, you need some skills such as the impressive interpersonal skill, the emphatic understanding for the parents and the family members, a very good psychological understanding and the psychological needs of the new-born baby. The most important thing is the interest to the new-born babies.
If you want to become a Neonatal Nursing, you must get a nursing degree from an accredited program. It is even better if you gain the Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. You also need to have more than two certifications at least the following: Neonatal Resuscitation Provider, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, or Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing.
