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To ensure patient safety, nurses play an essential role in providing direct patient care while ensuring the health of patients. In addition to providing a constant presence at the bedside, nurses are also regularly interacting with physicians, pharmacists, families, and other members of the health care team and they play a huge role in the timely coordination of care and communicating the patient's condition to all members of the team. 

Among the many tasks nurses perform to ensure patient safety, they monitor patients for clinical deterioration, identify errors and near misses, understand care processes and weaknesses in some systems, identify changes in patient condition, and perform countless other tasks.

Nursing staff who are responsible for too many patients are at risk of becoming stressed out and making medical mistakes as a result of being in charge of a hectic patient panel, according to the Committee on Nursing Responsibilities. The Massachusetts Nurses Association commissioned a survey in 2018 that found nearly three-quarters of registered nurses feel their workload is impacted by too many patients being assigned at the same time. 

If you're passionate about caring for children, being a pediatric nurse is the perfect career for you! They are responsible for assessing and managing the health of their young patients. To become a pediatric nurse, you must possess certain essential skills. In this blog post, we will discuss five of the most important skills that every pediatric nurse should have!

Hiring an at-home pediatric skilled nurse can be difficult for any parent. Not only is it essential to find someone who is qualified and experienced, but it is also important to find someone who will be a good fit for your family. To help you make the best decision possible, here are three questions that every parent should ask when hiring an at-home pediatric skilled nurse.