Registered Nurse – Pediatrics

Registered Nurse – Pediatrics

Requirements

• Associate degree from an accredited program is required
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) with a valid license to practice in the state or as listed in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)

Responsibilities

• Practices nursing according to the organization and established nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, families, and coworkers
• Collaborates with patients and their families, (and or primary caregiver) as well as members of a multidisciplinary team, to ensure optimal patient outcomes and enhancement of the patient experience
• Assesses, collects, and analyzes comprehensive objective, subjective, psychosocial, and cultural data pertinent to patient condition
• Plan of care is developed and implemented in collaboration with the patient and family
• Ensures the plan of care is continually reviewed and revised as the patient’s condition warrants
• Prioritizes and implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, employs interventions to improve patient outcomes while providing a safe, respectful, and ethical practice environment
• Communicates timely changes in patient’s assessment/ongoing reassessment to providers that warrant consideration and/or a change in the plan of care and maintains and coordinates communication with all members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate safe transitions and continuity in care delivery
• Maintains a clean and safe work environment by handling and clearing instruments, equipment, and supplies in accordance with infection-control policies and protocols
• Administers and stores medication according to controlled substance regulations
• May be required to maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock and outdates to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies and placing orders for required inventory

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN desirable
• Experienced and new graduate Nurses are welcome