Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Role & responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill pediatric patients in the PICU.
• Monitor patients' vital signs, oxygen saturation, ECG, neurological status, and overall condition.
• Assist doctors during emergency procedures, resuscitation, and critical care interventions.
• Manage and monitor ventilated patients and provide appropriate airway and respiratory care.
• Administer medications, IV fluids, injections, and other treatments as prescribed.
• Maintain accurate patient records, nursing notes, medication charts, and vital signs documentation.
• Monitor IV lines, central lines, feeding tubes, catheters, and other medical devices.
• Identify changes in patients' conditions and immediately report critical findings to the treating physician.
• Follow infection-control, medication-safety, and hospital protocols.
• Assist with procedures such as suctioning, blood sampling, catheterization, and pediatric emergency care.
• Provide post-operative and continuous monitoring of pediatric patients.
• Communicate effectively with doctors, nurses, patients' parents, and caregivers.
• Educate and support parents regarding the child's treatment, care, and recovery.
• Ensure proper maintenance and availability of emergency equipment and PICU supplies.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized PICU environment.
• Participate in shift handovers and coordinate effectively with the multidisciplinary healthcare team.

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