Registered Nurse (RN) FT Nights PICU

Job Summary

The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the Wellstar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model and evidence-based practice and research.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

Exemplary Practice and Outcomes

• Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is individualized
• Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc)
• Partners with the patient and significant others using appropriate methods (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; patient teaching)
• Practices using current clinical practice standards
• Manage and oversee the care of complex and high acuity/critical pediatric patients
• Q1 hour (minimum) assessment and monitoring
• Provide culturally and developmentally appropriate direct clinical care to patients
• Ventilator, BiPAP, CPAP, and Oscillator management
• Cardiac rhythm (EKG) assessment and analysis
• Assess, monitor, and trend continuous vitals including cardiac rhythm, respiratory rate, O2 sat, BP, arterial line waveforms
• Manage and appropriately titrate vasoactive, sedation, and insulin drips
• Run and analyze bedside POCT (iSTAT, ABG/VBG)
• Assist with bedside procedures (sedated LP, arterial line placement, CVL/PICC placement, intubation, chest tube placement)
• Support and/or lead pediatric codes using PALS algorithm
• Sterile dressing changes

Teamwork and Collaboration

• Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model
• Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members
• Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care

Professional Development and Initiative

• Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education
• Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines)

Evidence Based Practice and Research

• Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing
• Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards
• Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice

Resources and Support

• Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care
• Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team
• Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources