Clinical Instructor (RN) - Heart and Kidney Unit

•          Heart surgery
•          Diagnostic or interventional cardiac catheterizations
•          Dialysis
•          Acute or chronic renal failure
•          Nephrotic or nephritic disorders
•          Organ transplantation

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. 

https://childrensnational.org/news-and-events/video-gallery/welcome-to-the-heart-and-kidney-unit

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 at large. Directs, 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 flexibl