Registered Nurse - Dover Primary Care
Location: Dover Delaware
Description: Nemours is at present recruited Registered Nurse - Dover Primary Care right now, this job will be placed in Delaware. More details about this job opportunity please read the description below. Nemours is seeking a Registered Nurse, Dover Primary Care to join our team in Delaware.
As one of the nation’s premier pediatric health care systems, Nemours provides world-class cli! nical care in four states â€" Delaware, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Located in Wilmington, Delaware, the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children offers intensive and acute inpatient and outpatient services covering more than 30 pediatric specialties. Ranked among the nation’s best in pediatric specialty care by U.S. News & World Report , this world-renowned teaching hospital has served children from 42 states and 14 nations. Extending the world-class care of the Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital, Nemours duPont Pediatrics provides expert care for even more children across the Delaware Valley through community-based physician services and collaborative partnerships with health and hospital systems.
To keep pace with the changing health care environment and build a healthier future for our children, Nemours has embarked on a multi-phase expansion to create a children’s hospital like no other in the region. Upon completion in June 2014, the hospital wil! l include private patient rooms, a new Pediatric Intensive Car! e Unit, and a new expanded Emergency Department.
The Registered Nurse provides nursing care to patients in the primary care pediatrics practices as directed by providers. The position is responsible for patient flow and assisting providers as necessary with examination, procedures and administration of immunizations which are adapted to the patient's development stage.
1. Performs patient assessments.
2. Performs and documents patient intake (height, weight, head circumference, blood pressure, vision and hearing screening, reason for visit, chief complaint).
3. Assists providers with procedures, including but not limited to, suturing, suture removal, sterile procedures, minor surgical procedures, gyn exams, catheterizations.
4. Performs phlebotomy, via venipuncture or capillary techniques, to obtain blood specimens.Transcribe, collect, label and arrange transport for lab specimens. Performs back office laboratory tests.
! 5. Administers immunizations, oral and/or injectable medications. Administers PPD and interpret results.
6. Orders and stocks appropriate inventory of medical-surgical supplies for lab and exam
rooms. .
7. Triages patient calls utilizing delineated protocols under the supervision of the provider.
8. Provides age and developmental appropriate care to infants, children,
adolescents and adults.
9. Monitors patient flow including preparing patients and rooms for physicals and sick visits.
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If you were eligible to this job, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Nemours.
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This job starts available on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 08:36:12 GMT