Clinical Nurse Educator - Lactation Consultant
Nemours is seeking a Clinical Nurse Educator, Lactation Consultant to join our Nemours Children's Health team in Wilmington, DE! The Lactation Consultant (LC) is a certified registered nurse skilled in assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to assist the breastfeeding mother-baby dyad with feeding and help the mother to achieve her individual goals.
The LC functions as a member of the interprofessional health care team as a consultant, educator, and mentor to nurses, healthcare professionals, and patients and their families.
The LC demonstrates behaviors that model the standards of behavior, core values and mission statement for the organization.
Responsibilities:
1.
Clinical Judgment: Provides advanced assessment and interpretation, implements nursing care plans and support, and evaluates outcomes for the breastfeeding population based on physician/nurse referrals for all breastfeeding or pumping issues.
2.
Facilitator of Learning: Demonstrates clinical expertise while supporting the breastfeeding mother-baby dyad.
Provides evidence-based education or teaching skills to direct care staff and families.
3.
Collaboration: Focuses on multidisciplinary team building while providing breastfeeding resources and support.
Promotes community outreach activities to share the benefits of breastfeeding.
4.
Response to Diversity: Reviews alternative approaches and implements planned change to meet the breastfeeding mother's needs considering cultural, social, family, and system diversity.
5.
Clinical Inquiry: Individualizes standards and guidelines for particular patient situations.
Questions and/or evaluates current practice based on patients' responses, review of literature, research, and education/learning.
Maintains the knowledge and skills needed to address questions arising in practice and improve patient care.
6.
Systems Thinking: Develops, integrates, and applies a variety of strategies that are driven by the needs and strengths of the mother-baby dyad.
Negotiates and navigates through the system on behalf of the patient and family; anticipates needs of the mother-baby dyad as they move through the healthcare system; utilizes untapped and alternative resources as necessary.
7.
Advocacy/Moral Agency: Works on behalf of the patient, family, and community; advocates from the patient/family perspective.
Supports colleagues in ethical and clinical issues; achieves mutuality within patient/professional relationships.
8.
Caring Practices: Recognizes and tailors caring practices to the individuality of patient and family; has astute awareness and anticipates mother-baby dyad changes and needs; follows the families lead; promotes safety throughout mother and baby's transition along the health-care continuum.
Qualifications:
* Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required
* Active Delaware or compact license required
* Current American Heart Association BLS required
* Certified as an International Board Certified Lactation...
- Rate: Not Specified
- Location: Wilmington, US-DE
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Finance
- Recruiter: Nemours
- Contact: Not Specified
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: 13121
- Posted: 2024-10-06 08:04:01 -
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