Clinical Instructor; RN - Heart and Kidney Unit

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Job Description - Clinical Instructor (RN) - Heart and Kidney Unit )

Clinical Instructor (RN) - Heart and Kidney Unit - (  )

Description

Only in pediatrics can you save a lifetime.

3E-Heart and Kidney Unit (HKU) is a 20-bed unit which focuses on family-centered care for children with cardiac and renal diseases. On the HKU, patients range in age from neonates through adults. Patients may be receiving care for:

• Diagnostic or interventional cardiac catheterizations
• Dialysis
• Acute or chronic renal failure
• Nephrotic or nephritic disorders

All patient beds have cardiac and respiratory monitoring. The HKU primarily admits patients from the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Ambulatory Clinic, PACU and EMTC. The unit also admits 23-hour patients with cardiac and renal disease.

To learn more about the Heart and Kidney Unit, please check out this video.

All nursing practice is based on the legal scope of practice, national and specialty nursing standards, CNMC Policies and Procedures, and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. The Professional Model of Care requires registered professional nurses to be responsible and accountable for their own practice. CNMC supports the development of RN relationships within the community; specifically those relationships associated with the health and well being of the community ects, oversees, and maintains responsibility for clinical orientation for nursing clinical fellows.

Serves as a "hands-on" direct care giving and teaching role with patients, families and nursing clinical fellows. Directly supervises activities of nursing clinical fellows.

Minimum Education

• BSN (Required)

Minimum Work Experience

• 5 years Nursing experience required; experience in care of children preferred. (Required)

Functional Accountabilities

• Professional Practice/Research

• Discuss with each orientee the role expectations of orientee, Clinical Instructor, Advanced Practice Specialist and Staff Development
• Specialist related to orientation and ongoing education.
• Review individual orientee learning needs and develop an individualized education plan for orientee;
  Communicate orientation outcomes to all involved.
• Use teaching methods that facilitate education using adult learning principles.
• Participate in competency training for Unit.
• Identify patient and family educational needs with orientees.

Education

• Discuss with each orientee the role expectations of orientee, Clinical Instructor, Advanced Practice Specialist and Staff Development
• Specialist related to orientation and ongoing education.
• Review individual orientee learning needs and develop an individualized education plan for orientee;
  Communicate orientation outcomes to all involved.
• Use teaching methods that facilitate education using adult learning principles.
• Participate in competency training for Unit.
• Identify patient and family educational needs with orientees.

Clinical Instruction

• Provide direct patient care in area of specialty independently or in the role of a preceptor.
• Identify weekly clinical experience goals with each orientee in conjunction with Manager, Coordinator, Advanced Practice Specialist, and/or Staff Development Specialist; plan appropriate assignments and learning experiences according to didactic sequence and needs of each orientee.
• Plan patient care assignments - select experiences a day ahead and be flexible with changes; communicate w/ manager and charge nurse.
• Use individual & dual assignments. Individual – assign orientee to one or more clients–the orientee may be responsible for only certain aspects of care or total care. Dual –the orientee work along w/a staff member or CI to care for one or more clients; define role expectations of the orientee & specific objectives for the assignment (a very directed experience); dual assignments may also be two orientees assigned to one patient (important for clear communication re: aspects of care each will do).
• Develop follow-up activities with orientee after patient care experience.
• Arrange for “other” clinical experience - i.e. clinics, ORs, cath lab, etc., as appropriate for fellows and direct these experiences.

Patient Care Instruction

• Participate in planning…