Description
Direct pediatric nursing staff in the provision of family-centered care across inpatient, ambulatory, and home settings. Ensure adherence to pediatric evidence-based policies, protocols, regulations, and standards while advancing quality and safety for children and adolescents.
- • Coordinate or conduct pediatric-focused educational and in-service training on clinical procedures and developmental care.
- • Observe, interview, and assess children and families to identify age-specific care needs.
- • Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of pediatric nursing practice and care systems.
- • Provide direct pediatric care by performing comprehensive assessments, developing differential diagnoses, ordering or interpreting tests, and prescribing treatments within scope.
- • Provide specialized direct and indirect care in pediatric settings such as NICU, PICU, oncology, cardiology, or adolescent medicine.
- • Maintain pediatric departmental policies, procedures, objectives, and infection prevention standards.
- • Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, therapists, child life, and community services to optimize pediatric care.
- • Develop pediatric nursing philosophies, goals, policies, priorities, and procedures.
- • Develop, implement, or evaluate standards of pediatric nursing practice in acute, critical, ambulatory, and community care.
- • Develop or assist in pediatric care and treatment plans with family-centered goals.
- • Make pediatric clinical recommendations to providers, payers, patients, and organizations, including weight-based dosing and immunization guidance.
- • Plan, evaluate, or modify pediatric treatment programs using clinical findings and record review.
- • Present age-appropriate information to children and families to support informed health care decisions.
- • Instruct nursing staff in pediatric assessment, developmental considerations, pain management, technology, and resource use.
- • Direct or supervise nursing staff in the delivery of pediatric therapies and procedures.
- • Identify training needs or conduct training for pediatric nursing students and medical staff, including PALS and emergency readiness.
- • Stay current with pediatric literature and guidelines; participate in professional organizations or conferences.
- • Monitor or evaluate pediatric patients’ conditions in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.
- • Participate in pediatric clinical research by reviewing protocols, records, and regulatory compliance.
- • Perform discharge planning for children and families, coordinating with schools, home health, and community resources.
- • Prepare documentation and reports of pediatric patient care activities and outcomes.
- • Write pediatric nursing orders, protocols, and care directives within organizational policy.
- • Provide consultation to health care providers on pediatric discharge, care coordination, and clinical procedures.
- • Develop and maintain pediatric policies, procedures, objectives, and patient care standards based on evidence and expert consensus.
- • Design evaluation programs to measure the quality and effectiveness of pediatric nursing practice and systems.
- • Design pediatric patient and family education programs that enable informed decisions and self-management.
- • Lead implementation of, and compliance with, pediatric regulatory and accreditation requirements.
- • Chair pediatric practice councils, committees, or workgroups.
- • Teach pediatric patient and family education sessions on topics such as chronic disease management, medications, and safety.
- • Coach and mentor pediatric caregivers and nurses to support professional growth and competency.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
