Registered Nurse-2B, Cardiac Step Down Unit (casual)

Nemours is seeking a Nurse to join our team in Cardiac Step-down Unit.

As one of the nation’s leading pediatric healthcare systems, Nemours is committed to providing all children with their best chance to grow up healthy. We offer integrated, family-centered care to more than 280,000 children each year in our pediatric hospitals, specialty clinics and primary care practices in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Nemours strives to ensure a healthier tomorrow for all children – even those who may never enter our doors – through our world-changing research, education and advocacy efforts. At Nemours, our Associates help us deliver on the promise we make to every family we have the privilege of serving: to treat their child as if they were our own.

As the birthplace of the Nemours healthcare system, the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del. honors our legacy of delivering exceptional care to the children of the Delaware Valley and beyond. Ranked among the nation’s best pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report and honored with the ANCC’s Magnet Designation for excellence in nursing practice, we offer intensive and acute inpatient and outpatient services covering more than 30 pediatric specialties Additionally, Nemours duPont Pediatrics allows us to reach more children across the region through community-based physician services and collaborative partnerships with health and hospital systems.

DESCRIPTION

This is a casua; position. It is 48 hours every six weeks day/ night rotating (7am-7pm and 7pm-7am). The Cardiac Step-down Nursing orientation is a rigorous program consisting of a 3 month precepted program which includes both didactic and clinical experience, with an additional 8 months of didactic support . The program is supported by a variety of learning opportunities and experiences.

The Nemours Cardiac Center (NCC) provides comprehensive care for infants, children, and adolescents with complex cardiac, thoracic and vascular disease. The Cardiac Center provides patient care, performs research, and educates and trains health care professionals consistent with the Mission, Vision, and Values of the Nemours Foundation.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assesses and documents initial and ongoing needs for children with complex medical and surgical needs.
• Utilizes critical thinking to formulate nursing plan based on patients complex needs and problems. Formulates nursing plan based on patient complex needs and problems and indicates plan on the patient care plan.
• Develops realistic and appropriate long- and short-term goals based patient/family needs.
• Implements patient plan of care for patients and family with both critical and complex needs.
• Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and modified care plan accordingly.
• Assists patient and family in discharge planning so that problems and care needs are anticipated and met.
• Serves as an advocate for patient and family in working with other members of the health care team.
• Provides safe and appropriate nursing care through adherence to Nursing Department standards.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

A registered nurse responsible and accountable for assessing, planning, and providing care to assigned patients.

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BSN required or in BSN program
• Previous experience in healthcare setting preferred

Licenses, Registrations, or Certification: Must have DE RN License

AHA BLS required

• Current or eligible for registration with Delaware State Board of Nursing.

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida - along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org .