Get to know our CICU!
Our mission in the ICU is to provide healing, comfort and support to our patients and their families in times of critical need. This support is provided through two specialized ICUs: our 43 bed Pediatric ICU (PICU) and 24 bed Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). Our nursing staff can cross-train for both units.
Our CICU sees approximately 1,000 admissions annually, with over 400 of those children receiving complex congenital heart surgery.Our nurses are innovators and leaders who are helping improve care and are changing how pediatric nursing is practiced here and around the world. Our commitment to education and training has led to Children's Mercy having more advanced practice, specialty certified and BSN-prepared nurses than any other hospital in the region. Here, nurses are leaders in quality improvement initiatives and research studies that are changing care and transforming lives. The CICU supports several RN involvement initiatives including Quality Improvement, research, and leadership development.
The CICU offers many specialty training and growth opportunities including ECMO, CRRT, ventricular assist devices, pre- and postoperative heart transplantation care and central line guidance.
OUR CICU TEAM CONSISTS OF:
* Cardiac Intensivists, Fellows and APRNs
* Cardiac Surgery
* Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Heart Failure Cardiology and Psychology
* CICU Nursing Leadership Team:
Nursing Department Directors, Quality
Improvement Coordinator, Education
Coordinators, Core Charge RNs
* Bedside RNs
* Resource/Code RNs
* Blood Stream Infection Specialist
* Clinical Nurse Specialist
* Dedicated Respiratory Therapists and Pharmacists
* Care Assistant/Nurse Technicians/Secretaries
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE TEAMS FREQUENTLY CONSULTED:
* Hepatology
* Nephrology
* Pulmonology
* Hematology
* Neurology
* Interventional radiology
TOP CONDITIONS SEEN/TREATED EACH YEAR IN THE CICU:
* Complex congenital heart disease surgery with
post-operative Cardiac Critical Care
* Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
* Cardiomyopathy
* Advanced Heart Failure
* ASD/VSD
* Coarctation of the Aorta
* Tetralogy of Fallot
* Transposition of the Great Arteries
* AV Canal
* Cardiac Transplantation
* Cardiac Arrhythmias
SERVICES:
* Specific technology or equipment we use for
patient care:
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
External/internal pacing
Apheresis
Ventricular Assist Devices:
Berlin Heart
HeartMate 3
Pedimag/Centrimag
At Children's Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.
Additionally, it's important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well as the Children's Mercy staff, we want to let you know that the seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment for all employees in our organization. New employees must be willing to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005. If you become a finalist for this position, and have any concerns about receiving these vaccines, medical and/or religious exemptions can be further discussed with Human Resources.
