Four Key Characteristics Of A NICU Nurse

For many people, it can be difficult to decide what to do with the rest of their lives. For others, the answer was right in front of them their entire lives, but never realized it until going through an enlightening life experience. A person‘s life experience and the skills gained through these experiences can help in one’s ideal career. Just having the experience and skills, doesn’t get a person into their ideal careers. Many times a person must go through many steps in order to reach their ultimate goal. Every career is different, in the Neonatal Nursing career there are certain traits and skills necessary as well as educational milestones a person must have or accomplished in order to work in this career.
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According to Windermere, four key characteristics of a NICU Nurse is caring, communication skills, stability, and critical thinking skills (par. 1). Caring is an imperative trait for a NICU nurse because newborns can sense compassion. A natural motherly instinct is vital to soothe babies (par. 2). Genuine sympathy comes in handy when working with parents and families of infants. Communication skills are imperative because neonatal nurses are the mediators between the child, the parents, and the doctors (par. 3). Neonatal Nurses teach and coach parents on how to take care of their special child (par 3). The neonatal nurse documents all changes and the progress of the infant (Robin, par 6). In order to document changes and progress, critical thinking skills are critical. This skill type allows the nurse to assess, evaluate, and react quickly too many different kinds of situations (Windermere, par 5). A neonatal nurse must be detail oriented, organized, and prioritize scheduling of care in order to disturb the newborn as little as possible (par 5). Mental and emotional stability is correspondingly vital in this field because awful things can occur in the NICU such as losing a child, deteriorating health of an infant, or even surgeries and the neonatal nurse must stay strong and upbeat in order to support the parents, this job can be stressful and burnout is highly possible if the nurse can’t cope with stress and be able to be somewhat emotionally detached from the life and death situations (par.