Clinic Registered Nurse (RN) - <UROLOGY/URODYNAMICS>

Children's Nebraska•Omaha, NE

About The Position

Prescribes, delegates, and coordinates professional nursing care to pediatric patients using the nursing process and in accordance with hospital policies, procedures, and clinical practice guidelines. The RN meets job-specific standards and demonstrates competency in the skills identified for the clinic area. The RN conducts holistic, age-specific patient and family assessments; gathers and documents information about patients’ physical, mental, developmental, emotional, and social conditions; and considers family expectations and involvement in care. The RN communicates the plan of care in an understandable way, identifies when provider involvement or a change in the plan may be needed, and helps meet family expectations during clinic visits. The role includes documenting and evaluating nursing actions, coordinating communication with patients, families, and other healthcare disciplines, reviewing charts, arranging follow-up, and ensuring timely follow-up on tests and lab results. The RN supports providers and clinic workflow, delegates effectively, and performs ambulatory-care RN tasks and procedures such as database entry, scheduling and assisting with special procedures, case management, and education and teaching. Patient care is coordinated to ensure continuity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or associate’s degree from an accredited school of nursing.
At least 1 year of RN experience. Incumbents with less than 1 year of RN experience must commit to work full time in a Nurse Residency Program.
Registered Nurse state licensure and/or compact state licensure upon hire.
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association upon hire.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 180 days, or PEARS within 180 days.

Nice To Haves

Experience with pediatric patients.
Previous experience with EPIC.

Responsibilities

Conduct holistic, age-specific patient and family assessments and reassessments according to clinical practice guidelines, protocols, and unit standards.
Collect and document data about patients’ physical, mental, developmental, emotional, and social conditions.
Assess patient needs, growth and development, treatment needs, family expectations, and family involvement in care.
Communicate the plan of care to patients and families in a way they can understand.
Identify when physician involvement or a potential change in the plan of care is needed.
Document and evaluate nursing actions, including charting and teaching, in accordance with organizational and accreditation expectations.
Communicate with patients, families, and other healthcare disciplines; answer care-related questions and return calls the same business day received.
Review assigned patient charts to coordinate completion of tests, consultations, procedures, interdisciplinary follow-up, and referrals for clinic visits.
Follow up on tests and lab results within established time frames, including within 48 hours after results are obtained.
Gather and convey patient information to the physician in a timely, concise, and thorough manner.
Assist the physician in clinic to maintain workflow and meet customer expectations for timeliness.
Use effective delegation techniques.
Perform RN-scope ambulatory-care tasks and procedures, including database entry, scheduling and assisting with special procedures, case management, and patient education and teaching.
Coordinate patient care to ensure continuity of care.
Communicate effectively in writing and verbally with appropriate individuals.