What is the definition of a nursery nurse?
A Nursery nurse in the UK is a person qualified in the non-clinical care of babies and young children. Typically a Nursery Nurse will work in a public children’s nursery where they will provide day care for pre-school children, sometimes babies, whose parents are at work. Tasks will typically involve supervising and facilitating play, seeing to children’s toileting needs and mealtimes. Nursery Nurses sometimes work in neonatal units in maternity hospitals, where they will feed, comfort, wash, change nappies and otherwise see to the everyday care of newborn babies in the early weeks of life. In this setting they will work under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.
