Pediatric Care & Clinical Research Unit (Bloomberg 9 N)

General and intermediate medical/surgical inpatient unit, with a specialty in transplant and genetic and metabolic diseases. Provide care for medical/surgical patients varying by specialty, age day one of life to 22 years. This unit also specializes in inpatient clinical research for children from across the United States and around the world who are participating in physician- and nurse-initiated patient-oriented research.

Patient Population

Newborn to adolescent; Medical diagnoses include trauma, pneumonia, asthma, sickle cell crisis, seizure disorders, cancer; Surgical diagnoses include general, neurologic, cardiac, and plastic

Number of Beds

Nurse/Patient Ratio

New Grad RN Orientation Length

12 weeks
New-grad Nurse Residency Program - PEDS Track with post-orientation mentoring

Rotations

12 hours, day/night rotations
Flexible, self-schedule

Skill Mix

All RN staff, 95 percent BSN-prepared, 25 percent CPN certified

Why I Choose Pediatric Oncology Nursing

"In addition to the honor of working with these children and their families, there’s a huge capacity for professional and personal growth. You can create things to make the care better. I feel like my voice is heard and accepted. We take part in rounds with the physicians."

—Laurie Rome, RN
Pediatric Oncology