Registered Nurse (RN) - PEDS
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) coordinates nursing care, including direct patient care, patient and family education, and transitions of care. The RN supports professional nursing practice across settings and throughout the continuum of care, meeting the needs of patients and families. The role follows Shriners Hospitals for Children’s FOCUSED Professional Practice Model and is accountable for planning, implementing, evaluating, and communicating all phases of nursing care for assigned patients, using the ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice as a basis for practice. The RN provides leadership through precepting, formal and informal leadership activities, and quality improvement efforts. The RN delegates care based on skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability, and available resources. The position requires strong communication, mentoring, and teaching skills; participation in committees or projects may also be part of the role.
Requirements
- California RN license.
- BSN.
- BLS certification.
- PALS certification within 6 months of employment.
Nice To Haves
- One year of specialty experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide professional nursing services to patients with varied needs using the nursing process and practicing within the scope, ethics, and standards defined by the American Nurses Association and California BRN Nurse Practice Act.
- Support Shriners Hospitals’ family-centered care philosophy.
- Collect and analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses and issues.
- Identify expected outcomes and develop plans addressing health promotion, restoration, maintenance, and health-related problems or issues, including alternatives for attaining expected outcomes.
- Implement the identified plan and coordinate care delivery.
- Use strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
- Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
- Apply professional codes of ethics to ensure individual rights in all areas of practice.
- Integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
- Demonstrate leadership in practice settings, across the profession, and in the community.
- Coordinate direct patient care, patient and family education, and transitions of care.
- Provide leadership through precepting, other leadership activities, and quality improvement efforts.
- Delegate patient care according to skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability, and available resources.
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Job Type
Full-time
