Pediatric Nursing Pediatric nursing not all smiling babies and cute children, it also involves crying, screaming, and parental over protectiveness. Pediatric nurses strive to make the lives of children healthier and happier everyday. Many people do not realize the impact pediatric nurses have on the lives of children and the struggles a pediatric nurse endures daily.
“Pediatric nurses work with patients from infancy to young adulthood, giving developmental screenings, immunizations, and treating common illnesses. They work closely with family doctors, pediatricians and other nurses, to provide preventative as well as critical care. As a Pediatric Nurse, you’ll also teach your patients’ parents and family members how to prevent childhood diseases, and about proper nutrition for growth and development.” (“Pediatric Nurse”)
Nursing involves many different branches of care. All the way from geriatrics to …show more content…
As a pediatric nurse, parents are relying on the nurse to care for their kid. The responsibility of someone else’s kid is in the nurse’s hands. Studies have shown pediatric nurses endure “burnout in relation to increased mortality, failure to rescue, and patient dissatisfaction” (Jennings). These type of emotions can develop in any branch of nursing from newborns to elders. Although it is much more emotional when a newborn baby or toddler is on the verge of death than a grandparent who is close to ninety years old. Parental overprotectiveness can relate to the main amount of stress a pediatric nurse has to encounter (Greenwood). Often times parents develop stress when their child is ill. Many times the pediatric nurse has to deal with the parent’s worries day after day. When a pediatric nurse has to hear about the parent 's concerns it might cause a high stress level to the
“Pediatric nurses work with patients from infancy to young adulthood, giving developmental screenings, immunizations, and treating common illnesses. They work closely with family doctors, pediatricians and other nurses, to provide preventative as well as critical care. As a Pediatric Nurse, you’ll also teach your patients’ parents and family members how to prevent childhood diseases, and about proper nutrition for growth and development.” (“Pediatric Nurse”)
Nursing involves many different branches of care. All the way from geriatrics to …show more content…
As a pediatric nurse, parents are relying on the nurse to care for their kid. The responsibility of someone else’s kid is in the nurse’s hands. Studies have shown pediatric nurses endure “burnout in relation to increased mortality, failure to rescue, and patient dissatisfaction” (Jennings). These type of emotions can develop in any branch of nursing from newborns to elders. Although it is much more emotional when a newborn baby or toddler is on the verge of death than a grandparent who is close to ninety years old. Parental overprotectiveness can relate to the main amount of stress a pediatric nurse has to encounter (Greenwood). Often times parents develop stress when their child is ill. Many times the pediatric nurse has to deal with the parent’s worries day after day. When a pediatric nurse has to hear about the parent 's concerns it might cause a high stress level to the