Topic of Education Session: “Improving Communication … in a Technologically-Driven World”

Technology has taken over the world of health care and the ways we communicate with families. The development of EASE (Electronic Access to Surgical Events) and other “apps” to facilitate communication with families at home has been one of the greatest developments at Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital in the past year. Several other programs facilitating family centered care includes the patient portal and medic alert bracelets with QR scanning capability for immediate access to patient records. Let’s learn more about this topic and discuss the benefits and challenges of such advancements.

See you in Orlando!

Please R.S.V.P. by November 1st to
Karen Iacono  at
Karen.Iacono@orlandohealth.com or
call (407) 649-6907

This year the events will be raised to a whole new level.  For the first time these three organisations will come together and be joined by CCNA,  BACCNA and the Welsh Paediatric Cardiac Network for the Cardiff International Cardiovascular Conference 2015.

The meeting is aimed at Medical Staff and Allied Health Professionals with an interest in congenital cardiovascular conditions. The scintillating scientific programme will span several areas and will include something for anyone interested in cardiovascular issues.

We look forward to extending a warm welcome to you in Cardiff for what promises to be a fascinating, absorbing and educational meeting for all professionals involved in the specialty of Congenital Cardiac Care.

Abstracts

Abstracts may be submitted to BCCA, PECSIG & CCVG.With BCCA & PECSIG there is the choice to be considered for both poster and oral presentations (BCCA Young Investigator Prize).Abstract submission will close on 25th September 2015

Registration

http://www.walesgenepark.cardiff.ac.uk/cicc2015/

Please contact your direct supervisor for information on reimbursement.  The online registration link is below and also here: Register online today!

We are excited to announce that registration is now open for our 2015 conference!

We hope to see you in October!

Best regards,   NPCNA

• Experience the relaxed Kiwi lifestyle
• Enjoy a high level of job satisfaction
• Join our expanding national service in Auckland, New Zealand

Starship Children’s Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre in Auckland, New Zealand. We provide family centred care to children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. We seek to lead New Zealand in paediatric service delivery, in the provision of pre and post-graduate nursing education, and through the building of our reputation as a national centre of excellence in paediatrics. Due to service expansion, we’re now seeking cardiology or child health nurses to join our well-supported Paediatric Cardiology team.

Based in central Auckland, our Paediatric Cardiac and Congenital Service is the only provider of cardiology and cardiac surgical services for infants and children with congenital and acquired heart disease across New Zealand. We also provide for individuals with congenital heart disease who are now adults.

Working with us as a paediatric cardiology nurse you’ll learn skills such as ECG interpretation, managing external pacemakers, managing inotrope infusions and chest drains. You’ll also receive a comprehensive, well-structured orientation including orientation to the intensive observation area (IOA). We facilitate two paediatric cardiac specific study days. We also work in collaboration with the University of Auckland to provide the clinical specialty paper in Paediatric Cardiac Nursing.

If you’re looking for a fast paced environment that provides a high level of job satisfaction, is always interesting, and offers an opportunity to grow both as a person and as a professional, then we would love to hear from you.

Visit our website for further information today.

 Starship Child Health Nursing: Actions Shaping Futures

Serve as a health care professional with primary responsibility for leadership and management of patient-focused cardiac outpatient clinic services providing high-quality patient care within a pre-determined budget. Responsible for the day-to-day operations of Cardiac Center’s Outpatient offices at AIDHC and for providing assistance with surrounding Cardiac Clinic satellite offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Responsible for participating in departmental and hospital programs for Quality Assessment and Improvement, identifying opportunities to improve services, making recommendations and implementing actions as appropriate and consistent with the goals of the Nemours Foundation.

Responsible for hiring, supervising, managing, training and evaluating the clinical staff of the Cardiac Center’s Outpatient Services at AIDHC, including cardiac-employed staff in NJ and Delaware satellites. This involves medical assistants, ECG technicians, Holter monitor technician, nurses and clerical staff. Responsibilities include supervising nursing staff in patient care activities. This includes clinic operations, phone triage, documentation, performance of cardiac-related studies, sedations, coordinating pre-operative surgery patients, facilitating admissions from clinic, and managing subspecialty groups of patients with the assistance of the patient’s cardiologist. Also responsible for managing the day-to-day activities in the ECG lab and Holter lab, ensuring that studies are performed, interpreted, resulted and billed in a timely fashion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• 5 years experience.
• Needs extensive pediatric cardiology knowledge base.
• Valid professional registered nurse license in the state/states of practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).

Our dedication to professionals who are dedicated to children frequently earns Nemours a spot on the list of top workplaces in the communities we serve. Our Associates enjoy comprehensive benefits, including our unique “Bridge to a Healthy Future” pediatric health plan, an integrated wellness program, opportunities for professional growth, and much more.

For more information and to apply online, please visit http://careers.nemours.org/jobs/96908/

As an equal opportunity employer, Nemours is committed to focusing on the best-qualified applicants for our openings.

We are actively searching for a Registered Nurse II in the Cardiac Cath Lab serves as a registered nurse who conducts patient assessments, participates in the development of the plan of care, implements and evaluates care according to patient specific age and/or developmental needs. Collaborates with other health care team members in the delivery of care.

Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree required, BSN or MSN preferred. We will consider an Associate Degree in Nursing with a Bachelor’s in any field. Must have 1 year of nursing experience preferably at least 6 months of experience in a pediatric Cath Lab.  We will consider applicants with 1 year of experience with the pediatric cardiac or pediatric critical care population or adult Cath Lab experience.

Licensure requirement: Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of California. Current American Heart Association CPR certification.

Please visit our website for more information and to apply online www.chla.org/nursingjobs

EOE/Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

I wanted to update you on some new resources and to ask you to consider becoming involved in the leadership team for SPCN!

First: The ANA Cardiovascular Nursing Scope and Standards has just been published! SPCN participated in the writing of this 2nd edition so the content is relevant for neonates, children and adults with cardiovascular disease. It may be ordered on line at: http://nursebooks.org/Homepage/Hot-off-the-Press/Cardiovascular-Nursing-2nd-Ed.aspx

Also check out the Clinical Guidelines on the top right of the Home page. In addition to the ACHD guidelines, documents have been added for the neonatal and pediatric patient. These documents include post-operative care, anticoagulation, arrhythmia management, nutrition, developmental care, infection prophylaxis, interstage programs, and several more. The third set of these guidelines are in production. This set will update the cardiovascular defects to include pertinent factors related to neonates and children as well as adults. These documents are intended for use by the nurse at the bedside or wherever care is provided for an infant/child/adult with congenital heart disease. You do not need to be a member to open and print these documents!

It is again time to renew your membership in SPCN! Many changes have been made to the site to make this easier. We also need to have you make sure your profile is current! Several of you may have received email notices from the site stating that your membership has expired! We really need you to go to the site to renew your membership and update your profile!

Last, although it is only the first of July, it is time to think about the SPCN Meeting in November. This year the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions are in Orlando, Florida. The SPCN Meeting and Educational Session is on November 7th, 2015. Gwen Rempel, SPCN Vice-President, is at work with Karen Iacono from Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital on a great program entitled “Improving Communication…in a Technologically Driven World”. Stay tuned to the web site to see more about the program as it develops.

Also with the Fall SPCN Meeting comes the Business portion with the election of officers. This year the offices of Vice President and Treasurer are up for election. Brief job descriptions for these offices include:

Vice President – the main responsibility involves assisting with the planning of the annual SPCN meeting and education program. The Vice President also assists with internal and external SPCN communication by assisting the newsletter editor with the production of the newsletter and in coordinating the advertising venues as identified on the SPCN Communication Form. In the absence of the President the vice President will perform the duties of the President at the request of the SPCN Board of Directors.

Treasurer – the main responsibility involves being the custodian of SPCN funds. This includes maintaining the organization’s bank account, keeping written documentation of income and disbursements, and providing a detailed report at the annual SPCN meeting. The treasurer tracks and processes member dues (both new and renewal) and pays invoices.

Let us hear from you! Participate in the queries about clinical questions, post some information about yourself and your current work, reach out to a colleague who shares an interest in the same clinical area, and check out and SHARE our clinical resources!

I am looking forward to hearing from you about your interest in SPCN and with comments on the clinical resources!

Mary Rummell, MN, RN, CPNP, CNS, FAHA
rummellm@ohsu.edu and llrummell@hotmail.com

Are there any feeding protocols (outside of single ventricle ones) for infants admitted to the ICU who are planned to have heart surgery?

Does it start fetally with a conversation/introduction to the parents?

How do you track compliance during the baby’s stay?

Please reply directly to Bronwyn at: bronwyn.bartle@duke.edu

Location: Wilmington, Delaware

Contact: http://careers.nemours.org/jobs/89578/

As one of the nation’s leading pediatric health care systems, Nemours is committed to providing all children with their best chance to grow up healthy. We offer integrated, family-centered care to more than 280,000 children each year in our pediatric hospitals, specialty clinics and primary care practices in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Nemours strives to ensure a healthier tomorrow for all children – even those who may never enter our doors – through our world-changing research, education and advocacy efforts. At Nemours, our Associates help us deliver on the promise we make to every family we have the privilege of serving: to treat their child as if they were our own.

As the birthplace of the Nemours health care system, the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, honors our legacy of delivering exceptional care to the children of the Delaware Valley and beyond. Ranked among the nation’s best pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report and honored with the ANCC’s Magnet® Designation for excellence in nursing practice, we offer intensive and acute inpatient and outpatient services covering more than 30 pediatric specialties. We recently completed a multi-phase hospital expansion that includes new inpatient rooms, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department. Additionally, Nemours duPont Pediatrics allows us to reach more children across the region through community-based physician services and collaborative partnerships with health and hospital systems.

This position is responsible for leading the professional contribution of nurses in the full scope of services provided to neonates, infants, children and young adults with congenital and pediatric cardiovascular disease within the Nemours Cardiac Center at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. The Cardiac Center Director of Nursing is responsible for all nursing functions, duties and responsibilities within the Cardiac Center. This position reports to the Medical Director and Associate Administrator of the Cardiac Center and to the Senior Director of Nursing – Critical Care. In addition, The Cardiac Center Director of Nursing is a member of the center’s leadership team that is composed of the director, co-director, cardiac center division heads (cardiology, cardiac anesthesiology and cardiac critical care), and the associate and assistant administrators who are responsible for setting goals and developing strategy for the center. The Cardiac Center Director of Nursing is a member of the Cardiac Care Committee, which is designated to oversee the quality of medical, surgical, anesthetic and critical care provided to the cardiac patient. The Cardiac Center Director of Nursing is a member of the Nurse Executive Committee consisting of the Chief Executive, Senior Directors and Directors of Nursing.

This person will supervise nurses/clinical managers in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Inpatient/Step-Down Unit, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Cardiac OR and Outpatient Clinic. This person will participate in and/or facilitate as appropriate recruitment, orientation, retention, evaluation and development of Cardiac Nursing Associates. He/she will provide leadership and direction in accordance with organizational goals.

To learn more about our Cardiac Center Program and the patients we care for, please click on the link below:
http://www.nemours.org/service/medical/cardiac-center.html

Requirements

• Master’s degree required or must be currently enrolled in a Master’s program.
• Minimum of 5 years of cardiac critical care experience required.
• Pediatric experience preferred.
• 3-5 years nurse management experience required.
• Must be eligible for or have DE nursing license.

Our dedication to professionals who are dedicated to children frequently earns Nemours a spot on the list of top workplaces in the communities we serve. Our Associates enjoy comprehensive benefits, including our unique “Bridge to a Healthy Future” pediatric health plan, an integrated wellness program, opportunities for professional growth, and much more.

For more information, and to Express Your Interest in Less Than 60 Seconds, please visit http://careers.nemours.org/jobs/89578/

As an equal opportunity employer, Nemours is committed to focusing on the best-qualified applicants for our openings.

The summit creates a unique platform for nurses to:

• Discuss the unique challenges and opportunities in pediatric and neonatal critical care
• Collectively identify trends in pediatric and neonatal critical care nursing that should be addressed
• Share best practices  that nurses are able to  institute into their organizations
• Grow their professional network
• Prepare for pediatric / neonatal care certification and obtain continuing education credits

http://www.childrenshospital.org/nursingsummit2015