Travel Nurse RN - PICU - Pediatric Intensive Care
Edison, New Jersey
JFK Medical Center

PALS

-Plans, implements, and documents nursing care based on patient’s needs.

-Identifies patient needs and determines priorities for care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.

-Develops, implements and coordinates individualized plan of care for patients assigned through initial and on-going assessments.

-Initiates assessment based on the patient’s problems or needs, the physician’s medical diagnosis, and the functional health framework.

-Performs therapeutic nursing interventions.

-Manages care of patients.

-Documents care based on standards of care and practice, patient acuity, and/or clinical priorities.

-Advocates for evidence-based practice care standards and supports adoption of evidence-based practices and innovations in care delivery.

-Provides patient centric care in alignment with professional nursing practice model.

-Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

When floating to Adult floors, RN will not take assignment but act as a PCT.

******Float requirements- Agency nurses have an expectation to float to Mother/Baby and Pediatric ED. But additionally have the expectation to float to any other floor (depending on the needs of the hospital) SOLELY as a resource nurse/extra set of hands*****