Registered Nurse- Pediatric ICU; Nights

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Registered Nurse to join our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) healthcare team. This is a 24-hour direct patient care unit with 6 private patient rooms. Patients admitted to the PICU are likely to be those with acute medical disease states. Our patients range in age from newborn to 19 years of age. We primarily care for patients with respiratory distress/respiratory failure, sepsis, status asthmatic us, DKA, status epilepticus, and post op Neurosurgery or other post-operative patients requiring ICU care.

This includes patients with invasive monitoring (arterial lines, ICP monitoring, EVD monitoring), surgical drains/chest tubes, invasive and non-invasive ventilatory support, tracheostomies with vent support, vasopressor requirement (epinephrine, dopamine, vasopressin), and/or continuous sedation requirement (versed, fentanyl, precedex etc). This is a supportive close-knit team where the patients and their families are the center of our care.

Schedule:

7:00 PM-7:30 AM/36 hours per week
Every third weekend rotation
Hiring Bonus: $10,000.00

• Utilizes the nursing process to complete the admission physical, cognitive, spiritual, psychosocial, and functional patient assessment.
• Develops and implements a plan of care (including goals) that is reviewed and revised on an ongoing basis.
• Develops, reviews, and implements the discharge plan upon admission, and throughout the patient stay.
• Implements nursing care activities according to patient needs or as directed by the medical provider in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Performs point-of-care lab testing as per established policies and procedures.
• Assesses patient/family understanding, response to care provided and patient/family education needs and redirects care as needed.
• Reports accurate, detailed hand-off communication regarding the patient's condition, care, treatment, medications, services, and any recent or anticipated changes to any of these when patient care is transferred from one healthcare team or team member to another.
• Promotes, advocates for and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient.
• Complies with all applicable state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, and BTNRH policies and procedures.
• Provides patient care and education according to the patient population served.

• Ability to demonstrate clinical competence in providing safe, quality direct patient care and patient and family education as well as assisting the provider in the delivery of advanced care.
• Ability to communicate concisely with patients, families and staff; collaborate with other members of the health care team to enhance care.
• Ability to make nursing assessments and critically think.
• Possesses detailed knowledge of the use and maintenance of a wide variety of critical care equipment and supplies.
• Ability to complete patient documentation in a thorough, concise, accurate, and timely manner.
• Ability to respond quickly and calmly to emergencies and stressful situations.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities.

• Registered nurse who is a graduate of an accredited school with a current state license required.
• Minimum of two years of critical care experience within the last five years required.
• CPR (BLS) certification required.
• ACLS certified within six months of transfer or hire required.
• PALS certified within six months of transfer or hire required.
• Prior working knowledge of using computer programs and electronic medical records required.

• Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
• Pediatric Critical Care preferred.

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