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Registered Nurse - Pediatrics
Aspen MedicalUnited StatescontractVerifiedPosted 5 Dec 2024
About the role
Introduction: Aspen Medical has an exciting opportunity for Registered Nurses who specialize in Pediatrics, to partner with us in providing temporary contracted medical services to Military Treatment Facilities throughout the United States. Today’s posting will place you at the primary location of Madigan Army Medical Center. This opportunity allows employees to work with the federal government, offering competitive compensation and a strong work-life balance.
Hospital: Madigan Army Medical Center
Location: United States, Joint Base Lewis-McCord (JBLM) Tacoma, Washington
Minimum Qualifications:
Hospital: Madigan Army Medical Center
Location: United States, Joint Base Lewis-McCord (JBLM) Tacoma, Washington
Minimum Qualifications:
- Degree/Education: A diploma, Associate, Bachelor, Master, or Doctorate in Nursing from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the applicant completed the program.
- Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support: Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Experience: One year of qualifying experience in the specialty is preferred
- Licensure: Military, civil service, and contract personnel, who require a license, certification, and/or registration to perform their duties must maintain a current, active, valid, and unrestricted license or other authorizing document such as a certification or registration from any U.S. jurisdiction (DOD 6025.13-R). A license is a grant of permission to a health care professional by a recognized licensing agency of a State; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the United States (U.S.) Virgin Islands; or other territory or possession of the U.S. to provide health care within the scope of practice for a specific health care discipline. (Army Regulation (AR) 40-68)
- Provide comprehensive professional nursing care to pediatric patients from ages 1 day to 18 years of age. Experience caring for postoperative patients. The RNs are responsible for pediatric patients throughout the tour of duty and have extensive knowledge and experience and have the skill for concentrated effort and self-motivation to carry out patient care requirements
- Initiate intravenous lines as ordered and obtain blood samples for lab and chemistries and other specimens, as ordered
- Initiates infection control techniques when caring for all patients but especially for Immune-compromised
- Monitor blood pressure, respiration, temperature, and weight
- Set up oxygen tanks/wall oxygen and monitor patients while on oxygen
- Insert urinary catheters using aseptic techniques
- Perform dressing changes/minor wound care, splinting, and operate patient care equipment
- Initiate life-saving measures in the absence of a physician to the contract employee’s level of training
- Ensure that the rooms are cleaned and stocked between patients
- Shall assure content and correctness of all prepared reports and shall sign the document to validate its contents
- Submit prepared documents before the end of the assigned shift
- Assist with administrative duties within the units/clinic to include patient flow, workload management, filing, answering the phone, and scheduling patients
- Ensure that isolation precautions are followed
- Participates in an interdisciplinary team approach to ensure quality, timely, and ethical care
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