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)