I Want To Be A Pediatric Nurse Essay

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Life of a child is so precious because they bring joy when life gets rough. Kids love to ask questions and they are very curios about many thing but they have a huge imagination.Nothing is more valuable in life than to be able to save a life of a child. There are many professions that help save the life of a child when they are physically sick. A nurse can help many people from different ages group and they can also work in different settings. Nurses do not only work in hospitals but they can educate future nurses, administarions in government services, researchers,forensic nurse. There are many careers that one can go into if one pursues a nursing major.
Personally I would choose a pediatric nurse. A pediatric nurse are nurses that take care of the health of a child. In the site Explore Health Careers it states what do pediatric nurses do. “Nurses who specialize in pediatrics devote their knowledge and skills to caring for children from infancy through the late teen years and their families.” I want to be a neonatal nurse because I can help many kids who need the care they need to get healthier. I want to comfort kids
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I am compassionate because people pain becomes mine and it what drive me to help people. I know this quality is needed because I need to be able to understand the concerns of the patients and the family members. Humility is a quality that is needed to be able to keep learning if I am haughty and not willing to learn I can cause harm to the patient and that is not something that I do not want to risk. Being attentive is a quality that I need to develope because I need to hear the concerns of what the patient may have because I can be able to share that concern with the physician. My own goal is to be able to help both mentally and physically because it is important to do the job that I

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