New Nurse Peds Hospital

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Hi fellow nurses!

After working at an adult sub-acute/rehab center for 10 months and working at a day care for medically fragile kids for 5 months, I finally got my dream job at a peds hospital!

I'd really love to make a lasting impression on the manager and my soon-to-be-co-workers; I want to reassure them they made the right choice in choosing me as part of their team. I have a couple weeks to refresh my knowledge. This is what I have planned to review so far:

- fluids and electrolytes

- growth and development

- General peds review (from my Hurst NCLEX notes)

- medical calculations for peds

Is there anything else I should prepare for? What advice can you give to someone who's starting out on the peds unit for the first time?

Thanks in advance! :)

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.

Your choices sound great so far! I might add current recommendations for immunizations, which would be included in the medication category, but are updated more often.

If you're not currently in a place using the metric system, it would be helpful to drill yourself on lbs/kilograms and Celsius temps.

You already have some experience, with medically fragile kids, so you probably already know kids respond best to a relaxed caregiver who talks to them rather than around or about them.

Beyond that, almost everything in peds is unique, and the atmosphere is more of a 'we're all learning" no matter what specialty unit you start out in.

Congrats and best wishes!

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Read up on parents of acutely and chronically ill children. Because you never have just the child as your patient- you have the parents as well.

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