16 September 2009
The King Faisal Specialsit Hosptial & Research Centre-Riyadh will be offering a general pediatric course to registered nurses who have no pediatric experience, but who are interested in working in pediatrics.
This course is designed to give you an introduction to Pediatric Nursing. The content is presented throughout 6 weeks and will begin in February 2010. The overall theoretical hours of the course are 45hrs. The clinical hours total 100 hours with a further 8 hours of skills lab.
This general pediatric course will also be a stepping stone for those nurses wishing to progress into pediatric oncology.
About the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh
In the Middle East the KFSH&RC has been a pioneer in kidney and bone marrow transplantation, oncology, IVF, and orthopedic and cardiovascular surgery. The hospital performs over 2,000 open-hearts and 6,500 cardiac catheterizations per year. It offers chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and bone marrow transplant, treating over 2,800 new adult patients per year. Pediatric oncology/hematology patients are treated at a 40 bed, state-of-the-art facility, the King Fahad National Centre for Children's Cancer and Research that opened in 1997. Seventy to 80 pediatric stem cell transplants are performed per year,
KFSH&RC is the national referral center for Oncology, Organ Transplantation, Cardiovascular Diseases, Neurosciences and Genetic Diseases. A full range of tertiary, secondary and primary health care services are provided.
The majority of pediatric patients are of high acuity, many having complex congenital anomalies. The high incidence of genetic diseases in the Middle East will expose you to a variety of illness you may never see in North America.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree, or Associate’s degree, or diploma in Nursing in Nursing, and
- Current nursing license in Canada or the United States, and
- A minimum of two years current, full-time experience as a Registered Nurse working in a mid-to-large-sized acute-care hospital in North America.
For more information and to apply please contact us.
