Great New Rates & - $20,000** sign on Bonus!! Nemours is seeking a Registered Nurse- CVOR to join our team in Wilmington, DE.
**must have a minimum of 2 years experience in pediatric CVOR with scrub and circulate to qualify for sign on.
Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the operating room for all patient populations.
This primary position at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
This position requires active registered nurse (RN) licensure in Delaware and may require Pennsylvania, and New Jersey,
This position requires working shifts aligned with the needs of the department and the assigned FTE of the RN. This position also includes on-call and holiday requirements based on the needs of the department.
Position Responsibilities
Provides age-specific, culturally competent, and ethical care within legal standards of practice.
Assesses patient's immediate pre-operative, intraoperative, and immediate post-operative status at intervals in compliance with organizational policies/procedures.
Develops an individualized perioperative patient plan of care.
Protects the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources.
Performs accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items in compliance with organizational policies/procedures.
Performs interventions necessary to ensure that the patient's procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level.
Manages patient specimens according to organizational policy and procedures.
Communicates the patient status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care.
Provides/administers medications safely and correctly in compliance with organizational policies/procedures.
Performs interventions to maintain the patient's wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline level.
Performs interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period.
Performs interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection.
Nemours is committed to improving the health of children. As a non-profit children’s health organization, we consider the health of every child to be a sacred trust. Through family-centered care in our children’s hospitals and clinics in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, as well as world-changing research, education and advocacy, Nemours fulfills the promise of a healthier tomorrow for all children — even those who may never enter our doors. Nemours began more than 70 years ago with the vision of Alfred I. duPont to improve the lives of children and to do whatever it takes to prevent and treat even the most disabling childhood conditions. Today, through our children’s hospitals and health system, we directly care for 250,000 children annually in Delaware Valley and Florida, including families who travel from across the country and world to see our specialists — treating every child as we would our own. We also reach beyond the walls of our hospitals and clinics to be a voice for children on a national and international level, and to lead the way in prevention, intervention, education, and research. Nemours is growing to better serve the children and families in our ca...re. We have 1.1 million square feet of space currently devoted to providing children’s healthcare or under construction, all designed with significant input and advice from our patients and families.
