Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac PCU - Progressive Care Unit
Nemours Children's Hospital Orlando
Orlando, FL

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Cardiac Critical Care

Nemours Children Hospital is seeking a APRN to join our Cardiac Critical Care team in Orlando, Florida! Essential Functions: * Provides medical and advanced nursing care to pediatric patients in a specialty clinic and/or inpatient setting, as guided by education, clinical expertise and Collaborative Practice Agreement. * Elicits comprehensive or focused/interval health history(ies). * Performs complete or interim physical examinations as indicated by the nature of the encounter * Orders, performs, and/or interprets diagnostic or screening tests, including laboratory, radiological or other tests. * Plans interventions including medications, treatments and procedures, and modifies plans based on evaluation of patient response. * Performs procedures as set forth in specialty-specific privileging forms and/or Collaborative Practice Agreement * Initiates, monitors, alters or orders medications related to conditions or illnesses being treated within applicable divisions. * Refers clients to other health care professionals and agencies as appropriate for specialized services, including but not limited to: other medical subspecialists, physical and occupational therapy, nutritional counseling and management, special education, growth and development/behavioral counseling. * Develops or approves in-school management plans for patients as appropriate. Requirements: * Must have current APRN license in good standing; * Acute or Primary Care Certification acceptable; Pediatric Acute Care Practitioner (PNP-AC) preferred with experience. * Current AHA BLS certificate upon hire. * Minimum of two years Intensive Care and/or Cardiac ICU experience preferred. * Must be either PNP-AC (Acute Care) certified or Dual Certified (AC-PC)