Onboarding Testing & Health Screenings: Pre-start credentialing includes Core Competencies, Pharmacology Exam, Specialty Exam, EKG Exam, Unit Specific Checklist, Skills Checklist, Color Vision screening, 11-panel drug screen, background checks, 2-step PPD/Quantiferon, MMR, Varicella, Tdap, Hepatitis B, seasonal flu vaccine, and fit test. Collaborating closely with pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons, pediatric cardiac intensivists, perfusionists, and advanced practice providers, the CVICU nursing team delivers intensive pre-operative optimization and complex post-operative critical care for neonates, infants, and pediatric patients with congenital and acquired heart defects.