Registered Nurse -Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Position Summary Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Providing compassionate care to the children, teenagers and young adults of Central Florida for more than 30 years, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is located on the downtown Orlando campus and includes 156 licensed beds for specialized care for children as well as the Bert Martin's Champions for Children Emergency Department & Trauma Center, offering trauma care for children as the pediatric site of the Orlando Health ORMC Level One Trauma Center.

State-of-the-art pediatric services are provided by a comprehensive staff that includes pediatric subspecialty physicians and a nursing team that is "Magnet" recognized for nursing excellence and high-quality patient care. The hospital also has earned national recognition for 12 consecutive years as a "Best Children's Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report and was included, together with Orlando Health ORMC, in the IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list for 2021.

Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) The PCICU is a 20 bed inpatient Cardiovascular Critical Care Unit that provides family-centered, comprehensive intensive care medicine to the adult and pediatric cardiac patient populations. Services are provided 24 hours a day and 7 days a week by Physicians, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, and Nursing Assistants. The Pediatric Cardiac ICU staff provides optimal care to patients with congenital heart defects and heart disease with varying levels of acuity.

Care is provided to critically ill cardiac patients with the need for establishment of an adequate airway, adequate balance of fluid/electrolytes, hemodynamic and cardiovascular stability. This includes preoperative and postoperative repair of congenital heart defects, diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterizations, cardio pulmonary bypass, ECMO, dialysis, and medical management of all stages of heart disease. Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health - Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children:
Competitive Pay:
Evening, nights, and weekend shift differentials offered for qualifying positions. Free Continued Education Opportunities Nurse Certification Opportunity Benefits Start Day 1 of hire Room for growth Just Culture & much, much more! Student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, back up elder and childcare, pet insurance, etc. Arnold Palmer Hospital is seeking for Registered Nurse to administer patient care in an area in a hospital or inpatient setting where patients have an advanced illness or injury that routinely requires timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support the patient's medical condition.

These areas require a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills.

Shift: Nights Responsibilities Essential Functions Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance. Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions. Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action. Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.

Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol. Observes, monitors, and assesses patients' condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available. Assesses patient's needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses. Evaluates the patient's progress toward attaining expected outcomes.

Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers.…