NURSE (CLINICAL/PEDIATRIC)

<p>About the Position: This position is with Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) in the Directorate of Nursing Pediatric Unit in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tripler Army Medical Center is a tobacco-free workplace. Tobacco products include, but are not limited to, smoking, smokeless tobacco, and electronic nicotine delivery devices.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Perform professional nursing duties in the care of hospitalized pediatric patients according to the Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice and the Standards of Pediatric Nursing Practice.</p><p>Review prescribed medical orders and clarifies prescribed orders, as needed; implements the medical orders as prescribed.</p><p>Prepare pediatric patients for medical, surgical and/or diagnostic procedures; provides nursing care to pre and post-operative, acute and chronically ill patients.</p><p>Utilize medical devices and equipment, such as but not limited to, resuscitation devices, feeding tubes and pumps, intravenous machines, nasal and gastric suction devices, and hyper/hypothermia cooling and warming equipment.</p><p>Administer, handle, and monitor chemotherapy agents to pediatric hematology/oncology patients to ensure safe, effective delivery of prescribed treatment regimens.</p><p>Provide health teaching and discharge planning based on current scientific knowledge, research, epidemiological principals and the family’s health beliefs and practices.</p><p>Perform administrative charge nurse responsibilities while providing primary nursing care to an appropriate number of patients.</p><p>Distribute patient workload evenly taking into consideration overall clinical status, nursing care hours, acuity/ complexity level of the patient, scope of practice, and verified skill sets for the nursing staff.</p><p>Administer medications and treatments via multiple routes of administration, such as the oral, optic, ocular, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular, parenteral and enteral methods.</p><p>Implement and evaluate the nursing care plan in order to achieve the desired outcomes.</p><h3>Education</h3>FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites. Education above high school level completed in a college, university, or other educational institution must be accredited by one of the accrediting agencies or associations recognized by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education. When using education to qualify you must submit your transcripts.