Specialist Pediatric Critical Care

Pediatric Nurse Responsibilities:

• Working with children and asking questions about their health for diagnosis and documenting patients' symptoms and medical history for the doctor.
• Assessing a child's needs and providing initial care.
• Identifying changes in children's symptoms and intervening in emergency situations.
• Participating in pain management for children.
• Administering medications, drawing blood, and giving childhood vaccinations following age-appropriate guidelines.
• Monitoring temperature, pulse, breathing, and blood pressure and keeping accurate records.
• Evaluating children for signs and symptoms of abuse.
• Providing supportive care to dying children.
• Dealing with the anxieties and demands of parents, and helping families to deal with their child's illness or injury.
• Remaining up to date on the latest developments, rules and regulations, drug therapies, equipment, and treatment procedures.