Advanced Nursing Practices

Pediatric Nursing

The pediatric nurse provides health and medical care to infants, children, and adolescents. The pediatric nurse can talk to children and ask questions about their health, especially when children are scared and cannot express their problems clearly. Pediatric nurses should be kind, compassionate, and caring towards children. Pediatric care begins with newborn assessment and vaccination at birth and extends to patients transferred from a pediatrician to a general practitioner until after adolescence. Pediatric care includes annual vaccinations and checkups, as well as any minor illnesses or injuries. The demand for pediatric nurse practitioners in acute care settings is expected to be extremely high over the next few years. Nurses are retiring at a high rate and very few new nurses choose this specialty.

Work areas:

Private doctors' offices, Hospitals, Clinics, Schools, Community organizations, Surgical centers etc.