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transfer to PICU

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I'm a pediatric nurse with over a year and a half of peds experience on a acute care/ IMC floor. I'm transferring in two weeks to our PICU full time, and I'm very excited! I loved critical care in nursing school but have fallen off with some of that knowledge since working on my busy med surg floor. Any advice from PICU nurses on what I should be reviewing (meds, diagnoses, procedures, interventions) before my start date? I have floated there a few times and know my PICU is cardiac and respiratory heavy, with a mass amount of heart surgeries we'll be getting in the next few months. Thanks!!

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    Hi! I wish I could help you with your question. I'm a new grad who just accepted a job in an adult hem/onc floor. how easy was it for you to transfer within to the peds unit? I'm looking to gain some experience in oncology and develop a basic understanding of chemotherapy administration, etc. and then transfer to the peds hem/onc unit (my dream) after a few years. will I struggle with this even if it's within the same hospital? I know nothing about transfer dynamics and all that. thank you for your help ❤️ 

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    Depending on your hospital, you should have a pediatric critical care class.

    There isn't going to be much to read up ahead of time as it will be a completely different beast than where you are now.  Diagnoses can vary so much.  Once you start your educator will be giving you plenty of reading materials.  Mary Fran Hazinski has a book called Manual of Pediatric Critical Care that is excellent and goes over EVERYTHING  peds ICU

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