Staff Nurse II, Pediatrics

About This Role

Assume responsibility and accountability for a group of pediatric patients, providing comprehensive care through assessment, plan formulation, and skillful implementation. Collaborate with the healthcare team and families to ensure patient well-being and education.

Responsibilities

• Perform ongoing systematic assessment and data collection focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual, and cognitive status, nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement, and patient advocacy
• Formulate a prioritized, goal-directed plan of care based on determined nursing diagnoses and patient outcomes
• Implement care in a thorough, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner
• Establish priorities for patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources
• Identify patient/family learning needs and implement appropriate measures to meet them
• Provide and coordinate care for designated patient populations
• Establish effective working relationships with members of the health care team, patients, and families
• Delegate appropriately and coordinate duties of other health care team members
• Evaluate the effectiveness of care given by health care team members
• Utilize effective communication methods and skills, following lines of authority
• Demonstrate knowledge of and apply safety principles identified within the institution
• Perform efficiently in emergency patient care situations, following established protocols and documenting events
• Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for own professional practice
• Participate regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel
• Document patient care and unit activities in a timely, accurate, and concise manner

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) II capable of assumed responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame

Skills

* Required skills