Staff RN - Pediatrics FT DAYS

Core Competencies

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines
  
  
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
  
  
• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status
  
  
• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care
  
  
• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals
  
  
• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals
  
  
• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process
  
  
• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession
  
  
• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model
  
  
• Participates in organizational activities
  
  
• Participates in Peer Review
  
  
• Participates in professional development activities
  
  
• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner
  
  
• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles
  
  
• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient
  
  
• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs
  
  
• Utilizes resources in an economical manner
  
  
• Utilizes safe administration of medications
  
  
• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling
  
  

Department Specific Competencies

• Demonstrates competency in providing health care services in own job description for Neonates, Pediatrics, Adolescents, Adults and Geriatrics.
  
  
• Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development in unit population.
  
  
  
  
• Implements interventions that support developmental stage for pediatric patient e.g doesnt give choices to young child when there are none, involves adolescent in decision making.
  
  
• Performs all clinical procedures for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients per department policies, as assigned.
  
  
• Sees newly admitted pediatric patients to determine childs perceptions related to his/her illness and hospitalization.
  
  
• Administers respiratory care as prescribed by physicians for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, as assigned, including, but not limited to, metered dose inhalers, hand held nebulizers, various oxygen therapy devices, chest physiotherapy, nasal, oral, and tracheal suctioning, mechanical ventilation set-up and maintenance, stabilizing and maintaining artifical airways, and instructing patients in effective cough and breathing techniques.
  
  
• Identifies the nutritional needs of various age groups (pediatrics, adults, geriatrics) and recommends appropriate nutrition intervention specific to those age groups.
  
  
• Implements infant abduction prevention and responds accordingly. Utilizes identification system for mother and baby.
  
  
  
  
• Performs central line care as outlined in hospital policy and procedure.
  
  
  
  
• Implements universal protocol for unit population.
  
  
  
  
• Participates in mock code. Demonstrates knowledge and skill in responding to pediatric emergencies.
  
  
  
  
• Patient/Family Involvement - Facilitates family/patient participation in the emotional and physical care of the patient
  
  
• Identifies high-risk, dependent child relationships and takes actions to prevent possible or further infliction of physical, sexual, or emotional harm or neglect of basic necessities of life
  
  
• Ensures safety of infant and child- activates security system on admission, ensures teaches parent positioning and use of crib rails.
  
  

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License / Certification Requirements