Pulmonology Nurse Practitioner

Children's Medical Center Dallas Pediatric Pulmonary Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (NP / PA)

Job Type (daily or hourly and inclusive or non-inclusive) : hourly non

Credentialing Timeframe : 45

Shifts needed in a 4-week block : 12 each DAYS & NIGHTS 13 hour shifts

We do not do any procedures

Chronic ventilator patients are admitted to pulmonary for any reason as we are the only non-ICU floor that accepts ventilated patients. This means we get to see a large variety of things such as short gut syndrome with TPN dependence, central line infection, seizure disorder, gastroenteritis, PAH, patients on chemotherapy, etc.

• What is the daily patient volume? Each provider sees 6 patients on average during the day and 12 overnight
• Daily work routine / expectations
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)