PICU Nurse Resident

Nemours (Wilmington, DE) is seeking a Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse Resident to join our team in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit!!

DESCRIPTION

The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware is a 24-bed unit in a Level 1 Trauma Center that provides care to the sickest pediatric patients.  Patients requiring care and surveillance in the PICU will have conditions and diagnoses which may include, but are not limited to, those producing acute and reversible loss of consciousness, respiratory failure, compromised air exchange, cardiovascular dysfunction, hepatic failure, hemodynamic instability, renal dysfunction, central nervous system injury or dysfunction, acute trauma and organ failure requiring transplantation.  

Treatments or interventions performed in the PICU include measures utilizing advanced life support technology. These include, but are not limited to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, tracheal intubation, ECMO, pharmacologic support of circulation, mechanical ventilation, point of care monitoring, CRRT, thoracentesis, and hemodynamic, intracranial pressure, intravascular monitoring.

Each patient room has electrocardiographic, pulse oximetry, respiratory, hemodynamic and intracranial pressure monitoring capability, as well as central EKG and respiratory monitoring. Portable monitoring during patient transport is provided.

Special equipment includes radiant warmer beds, heating/cooling blanket systems, Mapleson manual ventilation system, end tidal CO2 monitors, ventilators, hemodynamic monitoring systems, intracranial pressure monitoring system, ventriculostomy systems, infusion pumps, blood warmer, continuous renal replacement systems, and peripheral nerve stimulators.

This Critical Care Department provides patient care, performs research, and educates and trains health care professionals consistent with the Mission, Vision, and Values of the Nemours Foundation.

The Pediatric Intensive Care Nursing Residency is a rigorous program consisting of a 6-month precepted program which includes both didactic and clinical experience, with an additional 6 months of didactic support. The program is supported by a variety of learning opportunities and experiences.

Prior to beginning the PICU Nurse Residency in August, the selected candidate will begin as a PICU Nurse Extern working one-on-one with a bedside nurse and then transition into the Nurse Resident role.

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.
• Assist patients and families in discharge planning so that problems and care needs are anticipated and met.
• Serves as an advocate for patients and families in working with other members of the health care team.
• Provides safe and appropriate nursing care through adherence to Nursing Department standards.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred
• Must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher –Transcript will be required at time of interview.
• Previous externship or experience in a healthcare environment preferred.
• Must have BLS with the American Heart Association
• Must have a Delaware or Multistate Compact RN License by 8/10/26

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. duPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.