Registered Nurse OR Pediatrics

About This Role

This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses. The Pediatric Operating Room Registered Nurse applies the nursing process to plan and implement the care of patients, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning. This role effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to the health care team, collaborates in establishing patient goals, and evaluates progress to ensure effective outcomes. The nurse will also further professional growth by engaging in learning activities according to the Board of Nursing standards.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in establishing the plan of care, coordinate and implement care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum
• Analyze comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis
• Continually utilize the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and apply appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes
• Employ strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Requirements

• Possess sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully search for evidence to answer clinical questions
• Demonstrate ability to anticipate resource needs, identify distinct tasks, set priorities, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work within areas of direct responsibility
• Competently handle multiple assignments often simultaneously by prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units
• Adapt to changes to patient care and area needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity
• Follow up to assure problems and issues are resolved
• Possess sufficient fundamental proficiency in providing patient education in practical applications of moderate difficulty
• Possess sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate the ability to assess and evaluate patients in practical applications of moderate difficulty
• Conduct primary care patient interviews and physical examinations
• Demonstrate sufficient acumen to recognize problems, ask questions and to contact the patient's primary care provider and other members of the healthcare team
• Have experience in gathering pertinent clinical data that aid in referral, treatment, or other primary care pathways

Important Details

• Shift: Monday through Friday with 4 ten-hour shifts, call, and some weekends

About the Company

Vanderbilt Health is the region’s largest comprehensive academic health system, with eight hospitals and over 180 clinics. It has a long tradition of providing world-class care to the people of the Mid-South, living out its mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. The company is committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to neighbors throughout the region. Its nursing philosophy states that highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education and research, and that nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.