Nemours is seeking a Registered Nurse (Comprehensive Cardiac Care Unit) CASUAL to join our Nemours Children's Hospital team in Orlando, Florida. Click Here to take a virtual tour.
Located in Orlando, Fla., Nemours Children's Hospital is the newest addition to the Nemours integrated healthcare system. Our 100-bed pediatric hospital also features the area's only 24-hour Emergency Department designed just for kids as well as outpatient pediatric clinics including several specialties previously unavailable in the region. A hospital designed by families for families, Nemours Children's Hospital blends the healing power of nature with the latest in healthcare innovation to deliver world-class care to the children of Central Florida and beyond.
Position Responsibilities
- Providing nursing care in the Comprehensive Cardiac Care area in partnership with the child and family that is individualized to meet the child or family's unique needs and situation.
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing plan considering the patient and family's individual, cultural, ethnic, and religious values and beliefs.
- Deliver care based on family centered care principles in collaboration with other medical professionals.
- Evaluate nursing care on an ongoing basis and revising the plan of care as appropriate.
- Accountable and responsible for the coordination and management of patients in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
- Utilize the nursing process as a basis for providing and evaluating nursing care applying knowledge of growth and development, pathophysiology, spiritual and cultural needs and family dynamics in delivery of nursing and inter-professional care.
- Deliver care in a non-judgmental and nondiscriminatory manner that is sensitive to and values diversity.
- Provide patient education for diagnostic procedures, medical conditions and treatment plans.
- Oversee patient flow, providing clinical direction to other team members.
- Participate in and support research studies, evidence-based practice projects, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing/medical interventions and address/make appropriate changes as needed.
- Engage in advocacy activities and ethical decision making in partnership with parents and families.
- Demonstrates quality by documenting the application of the nursing process and evidence-based practice in a responsible, accountable, and ethical manner.
- Maintain patient/family confidentiality and privacy within legal and regulatory parameters.
- Attain knowledge and competence that reflect current nursing practice & maintain evidence of competence and lifelong learning.
- Contribute to a culture of safety by adhering to policy and procedures that demonstrate evidence-based nursing practice.
- Provide oversight for nursing care provided by others while retaining accountability for the quality of care given to the patient.
- Engage in self and peer evaluation according to standards for the nursing profession, pediatric nursing, and associated regulatory agencies, taking action to improve practice.
- Utilize appropriate resources to plan and provide nursing care that is safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.
- Adhere to the Nemours Standards of Behavior, exemplifying the professional image by meeting all standards of dress code such as wearing easily visible identification badge.
Position Requirements
- ASN required
- Active Florida or multi-state RN license, required
- National certification in area of clinical specialty (preferred)
- Minimum of 6 months of RN experience required, experience in pediatric specialty area preferred
Following must be obtained prior to employment start date
- Valid American Heart Association BLS Certification; must be valid for 90 days post start date.
- Valid American Heart Association PALS
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