Pediatric Nurse Job Description Sample Template

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We are seeking a qualified, detail-oriented team player to join our excellent staff. In this position, you will play a key role in providing care to adolescents, children, and infants. You will offer care for children from birth through their late teens, often collaborating with the family to address their options, problems, fears, and concerns for their child. The exact duties and responsibilities of a pediatric nurse depend on the type of health care setting you work in.

• Identifies changes in a child's signs and symptoms and intervenes in emergency situations
• Differentiates between normal and abnormal physical findings
• Participates in activities to manage a child's pain levels
• Serves as a child advocate
• Provides supportive care to dying children
• Evaluates a child for signs and symptoms of abuse
• Administers medication using age-appropriate guidelines
• Determines a child's needs related to pain management
• Analyzes situations to anticipate pathophysiological problems and detect changes in status
• Maintains privacy and confidentiality in nurse/child relationships
• Involves the child and family in the care plan and determines the child's needs based on a careful analysis of symptoms in relation to their growth and development
• Performs physical examinations, such as measuring vitals, taking blood and urine samples, and ordering diagnostic tests
• Explains to parents and families how to take care of their children and protect their health, including advising them on how to design their home for conditions such as paralysis and juvenile diabetes

• Experience as a registered nurse (RN)
• Pass the National Council Licensure Examination
• Complete an internship, residency, or fellowship
• Sit for the Certified Pediatric Nurse Examination, administered by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
• Hold a bachelor's degree in nursing
• Complete 1,800 hours of pediatric nursing experience