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/.