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General Position Description:

Provides comprehensive health care and nursing services to a pediatric population. Understands and integrates into the delivery of patient care the needs of neonatal, pediatric and adolescent patients in regards to their growth and development process. The position actively supports the Hospital's and the department's Continuous Quality Improvement and customer service goals individually and as an effective team member.

Job Responsibilities:

As provider of comprehensive health care and nursing services to a pediatric population, a nurse practitioner may perform some or all of the following advanced practice functions: Evaluates health status and health care needs. Elicits and records comprehensive health histories including nutritional, developmental, psychosocial, cultural, and physical components. Performs and records comprehensive physical exams. Differentiates normal from abnormal findings. Identifies risk factors. Identifies anticipatory guidance and counseling needs. Identifies expected outcomes and individualizes expected outcomes with patient/family and health care team when appropriate. Assesses family dynamics and the impact of social forces on the family by identifying stressors, strengths and weaknesses, supports and coping abilities of each family and its members. based on evaluation, formulates and documents a plan of care in conjunction with the collaborating physician. Implements a plan of care. Evaluates outcomes and revises a plan of care in conjunction with protocols or collaborating physician. Provides formal and informal education to other members of the health care team and lay and professional communities. Initiates and/or collaborates in research designed to improve patient care and advance nursing knowledge. Works with patient care administrator on business plans and implementation of patient programs. Addresses clinical practice issues with the nursing clinical governance committee structure. Develops collaborative practice agreements and protocols for delegated medical tasks with the collaborating physician and obtains approval through nursing and medical governance structures. Documents in patient records in accordance with Medical Center policies and developed protocols.