Responsibilities Administer medications, draw blood, and give childhood vaccinations following age-appropriate guidelines. Monitor temperature, pulse, breathing, and blood pressure and keep accurate records. Evaluate children for signs and symptoms of abuse. Provide supportive care to dying children.

One of the most essential skills that pediatric nurses must have is the ability to care for children of all ages. This includes infants, toddlers, school-aged children, and adolescents. It is also important that pediatric nurses can adapt their care to meet the specific needs of each child.

Nurses are responsible for recognizing patients' symptoms, taking measures within their scope of practice to administer medications, providing other measures for symptom alleviation, and collaborating with other professionals to optimize patients' comfort and families' understanding and adaptation.

The average Paediatric nurse salary in London is £46,060. This is 6.3% less than the average national salary for Paediatric nurse jobs. The average London Paediatric nurse salary is 7.7% more than the average salary across London. Paediatric nurse vacancies in London have gone down 48.0% year-on-year.

Children's nurses care for sick, injured or disabled children and young people. They provide comfort and reassurance to patients and their parents or carers in difficult or stressful circumstances. To work in the NHS, nurses must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

PICU nurses need to be compassionate, empathetic, and patient, and they must be able to provide emotional support and guidance to families who are dealing with a critically ill child.