Uganda: Neonatal Nurse

• Strengthen health workers at the Neonatal Unit in the delivery of specialised neonatal care through on-the-job training.
  • Support the improvement of neonatal referral pathways by coaching health workers and community health workers in new-born care.
  • Train trainers and mentors in delivering Early Essential New-born Care (EENC) training to HCs in Moroto and Napak.
  • Consult HCs, Matany School of Nursing and CBOs on integrating the delivery of EENC in their strategies.
  • Support health workers in data collection, reporting and analysing
  • Implement community support systems, such as antenatal or emergency plans.
  • Provide on-the-job training to nurses, midwives, medical officers and interns in the NICU and surrounding units on the management of new-born health, including on fluid and electrolyte management, dangers signs, nedcap.
  • Strengthen skills of medical officers and interns in the management of new-born care, with the introduction of accompanied nurse-doctor ward rounds and feedback to caregiver.
  • Increase skills amongst health workers in the NICU in obtaining medical history, patient rapports and hand-over.
  • Strengthen health workers skills in Kangaroo Mother Care, newborn resuscitation and other essential emergency newborn care interventions through roll-out of EENC training.
  • Provide advice to hospital management on policy matters on standards of care, improvement programmes and clinical facilitation of student health workers.
  • Provide guest lectures when needed and where possible in School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Compile and share activity and monthly reports with the supervisor (s)

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