Everyday people are sick or injured and must go to doctor’s offices or hospitals. Nurses are needed here to help treat these patients and care for them in their time of need. “More women work as nurses than in any other job profession besides teaching” (Segovia-Bain 4). This showing how important nurses are in the work field. Throughout the country there are so many sick kids that need medical attention. A pediatric nurse’s job is to care for these children and help comfort their parents in their time of need. Pediatric nurses have to spend many years in school to get the jobs they have today. Throughout their days, pediatric nurses do many tasks for their patients depending on where they work. They are always on their feet and are willing
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Working as an intern the student will learn the daily tasks of nursing and how to complete them. After she passes her internships she will go through residency. This is where the nurse starts to do tasks all on her own and is ready to become a registered pediatric nurse. Once her residency is over she must pass a very important test. She must pass the National Council Licensure Examination. After passing this a nurse is considered a registered nurse and can start finding jobs (How 14). All of this must be completed just to become a pediatric nurse. As a pediatric nurse continues with her career she will have to continue to learn. She must update her credentials every few years to keep her job (What 10). She must learn for the rest of her career. She has to keep up to date on the new nursing techniques, read professional journals and go to conferences (Becoming 6). All of this preparing and testing will help make a person ready to become a pediatric …show more content…
She will be on her feet the majority of the time and will not get many breaks. There will be many different tasks throughout the day all that have to do with her patients. “Most days around 20 minutes before work officially begins nurses must go to a meeting. During the meeting she will learn about the patients she is caring for that day and what procedures are going to be completed” (What 2). The nurse must record everything she does to the patient so the doctor can see what is going on with the patient and if they are doing well (What 3). The nurse must complete tasks quickly and must monitor patients. She can’t make any careless mistakes because this may alter the health of her patient (Gresham 5). Monitoring a patient doesn’t mean just making sure they are feeling alright. A pediatric nurse must constantly check vitals making sure the patient’s are where they should be (How 6). Drawing blood, learning about the patient 's history and giving vaccinations are common things a nurse must do every day (Pediatric 4). No matter where a pediatric nurse works a major task that will be completed is giving a physical exam. This includes things like measuring their weight and height, checking their blood pressure and much more. After completing these exams she may also have to order tests if something is not normal. The more advanced a pediatric nurse is the more things she will get to do. Such as diagnosing and
Working as an intern the student will learn the daily tasks of nursing and how to complete them. After she passes her internships she will go through residency. This is where the nurse starts to do tasks all on her own and is ready to become a registered pediatric nurse. Once her residency is over she must pass a very important test. She must pass the National Council Licensure Examination. After passing this a nurse is considered a registered nurse and can start finding jobs (How 14). All of this must be completed just to become a pediatric nurse. As a pediatric nurse continues with her career she will have to continue to learn. She must update her credentials every few years to keep her job (What 10). She must learn for the rest of her career. She has to keep up to date on the new nursing techniques, read professional journals and go to conferences (Becoming 6). All of this preparing and testing will help make a person ready to become a pediatric …show more content…
She will be on her feet the majority of the time and will not get many breaks. There will be many different tasks throughout the day all that have to do with her patients. “Most days around 20 minutes before work officially begins nurses must go to a meeting. During the meeting she will learn about the patients she is caring for that day and what procedures are going to be completed” (What 2). The nurse must record everything she does to the patient so the doctor can see what is going on with the patient and if they are doing well (What 3). The nurse must complete tasks quickly and must monitor patients. She can’t make any careless mistakes because this may alter the health of her patient (Gresham 5). Monitoring a patient doesn’t mean just making sure they are feeling alright. A pediatric nurse must constantly check vitals making sure the patient’s are where they should be (How 6). Drawing blood, learning about the patient 's history and giving vaccinations are common things a nurse must do every day (Pediatric 4). No matter where a pediatric nurse works a major task that will be completed is giving a physical exam. This includes things like measuring their weight and height, checking their blood pressure and much more. After completing these exams she may also have to order tests if something is not normal. The more advanced a pediatric nurse is the more things she will get to do. Such as diagnosing and