Discover postpartum/postnatal nurse agency work in Manchester with Proximity Healthcare, the United Kingdom’s healthcare employment and recruitment agency of choice. We’ve served nurses for over 30 years, helping them find roles befitting their salary, schedule, and benefits-related desires. Our team of expert recruiters and consultants negotiate on your behalf for better work-life balance, more pay, and opportunities to move into leadership roles.
Become a ward manager, charge nurse, nurse practitioner, or nurse educator using your experience and further certification. Our value lies in that we amplify the light nurses have to shine by redirecting it into places that serve them best– hospitals with positive team culture, ample time to rest, and respectful management. We believe working with an agency is something to be proud of.
Why Postpartum Nursing?
Without postpartum nurses, many mothers and babies wouldn’t make it past the first few days post-birth. Postpartum nurses are essential for helping mothers and babies stay healthy and develop. These nurses help mothers learn proper latching or bottle-feeding techniques, check babies’ and mothers’ vitals and chart them.
Primarily, they perform pain medication administration, fundal checks, lochia assessment, incision care, perineal care, invention and haemorrhage prevention, and patient education. Equally important is the emotional support they provide, listening to and addressing concerns.
Regarding newborn care, postpartum nurses must check babies’ vital signs, perform ongoing assessments of physical conditions, and help with bathing, diapering, cord care, circumcision care and birth control. Usually, they also provide parent education, discharge instructions, and advice on continuity of care.
To be a great postpartum nurse, you should be passionate about helping mothers after birth, take great pride in your knowledge of female anatomy and newborn care, be empathetic, be a critical thinker, and be able to care for two patients at once.
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