*RN Clinical Instructor | PACU Job at Children's National Medical Center in Wash

The PACU Clinical Instructor 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.

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.

Qualifications

BSN (Required)

5 years Nursing experience required; experience in care of children preferred. (Required)

1. Discuss with each orientee the role expectations of orientee, Clinical Instructor, Advanced Practice Specialist and Staff Development.
2. Review individual orientee learning needs and develop an individualized education plan for orientee; Communicate orientation outcomes to all involved.
3. Use teaching methods that facilitate education using adult learning principles.
4. Participate in competency training for Unit.
5. Identify patient and family educational needs with orientees.

1. Provide direct patient care in area of specialty independently or in the role of a preceptor.
2. 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.
3. Plan patient care assignments - select experiences a day ahead and be flexible with changes; communicate with manager and charge nurse.
4. Develop follow-up activities with orientee after patient care experience.
5. Arrange for "other" clinical experience - i.e. clinics, ORs, cath lab, etc., as appropriate for fellows and direct these experiences.

1. Participate in planning patient and family education, in collaboration with orientee and nursing staff; select teaching/learning methods appropriate to content and families learning preference.
2. Allow orientee to prepare for the patient care assignment by reviewing the patient's diagnosis, status of the patient, current management plan (meds and nursing care).
3. Help orientee organize their patient care priorities; role play possible scenarios and provide support to the orientee by asking questions to encourage critical thinking.
4. Post Clinical Conference - Facilitate patient care discussions at a post conference; have orientee record experiences related to the case history of the patient in their clinical log, care given, personal response to clinical encounters, and questions for follow-up; document achievement of competencies of each orientee.