Travel Nurse RN - Pediatric Med / Surg - $2,613 per week in New York City, NY

Job Title : Pediatric Clinical Nurse Profession : RN Specialty : Pediatrics Duration : 13 weeks Shift : 7am - 7 : 30pm Hours per Shift : 34.5 Experience : Minimum of 2 years in a pediatric setting with cardiac experience License : Registered Nurse license in Client Certifications : Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Must-Have : Relevant clinical competence in pediatric nursing Description : The Pediatric Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others. Delivers patient care by incorporating the tenets of professional practice and through the application of the nursing process based upon theory, research, and evidence-based practice. Assesses and evaluates patient care needs and applies critical thinking skills in patient care management. Integrates relevant assessment and intervention skills in the delivery of nursing care. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care. Prioritizes all aspects of patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, and plan post-hospital care while delegating to others as appropriate. Educates patients and caregivers while anticipating needs and readiness to learn about their plan of care, transitions in care, health promotion, and disease prevention. Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, families, and all members of the interdisciplinary patient care team. Manages assignments within the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing and effectively allocates material resources. Role models the tenets of Relationship Centered Care through various actions including admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful hourly rounding, and collaboration with team members. Considers patients' values, preferences, cultural diversity, expressed needs, and knowledge in all aspects of care. Establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families. Uses evidence-based practices to enhance understanding of patients' perceptions of care. Initiates service recovery for patients and family members who have concerns and escalates them to appropriate management or patient relations as needed. Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening through dialogue, body language, and actions. Supports staff in using evidence-based practices to improve understanding of patient perceptions of care. Conducts purposeful hourly rounding on assigned patients addressing the four Ps : Pain, Potty, Position, and Proximity. Practices safe and efficient patient-centered care, identifying and escalating barriers and opportunities for improvement. Demonstrates clinical skills and knowledge crucial to quality and safety in the patient population served. Implements process improvement strategies based on institutional and evidence-based measures. Engages in formal and informal peer and institutional review processes. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to create and implement quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies. Contributes to quality and safety practices and compliance measures. Implements principles of high reliability to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors to ensure a safe environment for patients. Escalates potential safety hazards or gaps from best practice following established protocols. Utilizes institutional information technology by documenting nursing practice to support quality and performance improvement initiatives. Demonstrates interpersonal skills and effective communication to work effectively in a team. Ability to read, write, understand, and speak English clearly and concisely. Possesses visual, physical, auditory, and cognitive abilities to assess patient status. Maintains physical and mental health necessary to care for acutely ill patients with a variety of diagnoses and behaviors on a daily basis. Ability to respond quickly in various situations for extended periods. Demonstrates manual dexterity to perform a variety of clinical procedures relevant to practice area. Ability to use basic data entry and electronic medical record documentation systems proficiently. Must have pediatric experience.