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= Pediatric Nurse =

Is a registered nurse who specializes in providing health care to children and teenagers. They provide both preventive care and acute care in settings including physicians' offices, medical clinics, hospitals and pediatric intensive care units (PICU) or neonatal intensive care units (NICU). These medical professionals frequently work in an environment where their patients are too young to tell their symptoms.




 * Pediatric Nurses often have the first and last contact with their patients and their families or caregivers. They are responsible for taking vital signs, observing patients for symptoms and recording medical histories. They may administer medications and perform treatments prescribed by the physician.
 * As of March 2010, nurses with at least 20 years of experience earn up to $67,000. Those with 10 to 19 years of experience earn up to $50,000. Those with five to nine years of experience earn up to $54,600. Pediatric nurses with one to four years of experience earn up to $49,359, and those with less than one year earn up to $41,116.
 * A bachelor's degree in nursing is the minimum educational requirement for admission into master's degree programs in nursing that have an emphasis on pediatric nursing. Students at all degree levels must participate in clinical care courses.
 * Pediatric Nurses can find employment in a healthcare setting that serves pediatric patients. This could be a hospital, clinic, school, doctor's office, emergency room, hospital floor or intensive care unit.
 * These are some of the colleges that offer the degree:
 * Certificates (C) Associate's (A) Bachelor's (B) Master's (M) Graduate-Level Certificate (GC)
 * [|College] || [|State] || Degrees ||
 * Boston College || MA || M ||
 * Catholic University of America || DC || M ||
 * CUNY Hunter College || NY || M, GC ||
 * CUNY Lehman College || NY || M, GC ||
 * Emory University || GA || M ||
 * Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis || IN || M ||
 * Medical College of Georgia || GA || M ||
 * Seton Hall University || NJ || M ||
 * University of Cincinnati, Main Campus || OH || M, GC ||
 * University of Pennsylvania || PA || M ||
 * University of Rochester || NY || M ||
 * University of Toledo || OH || M ||
 * Vanderbilt University || TN || M ||
 * Villanova University || PA || M ||
 * Xavier University || OH || M ||
 * Youngstown State University || OH || M ||


 * I would be interested in becoming a Pediatric Nurse because not only they provide great care to children and adolescents but they are ﻿compassionate professionals who dedicate their careers to the health of the next generation.

= ﻿﻿Interview Questions = =1. Name of person you are interviewing = =Shirley Pino = =2. What profession is the person in? = =Pediatric Nurse = =3. Do they like their job? = =Yes, very much! = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">4. Positives about their job = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dealing with children = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">5. Negatives of the job = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">When you see kids with terminal illnesses = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">6. What is your job role and title? = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Pediatric Nurse and my role is to administer medication, taking vital signs and assisting doctors where necessary. = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">7. Out of the college/training that you had to go through, what was the most useful and what was the least useful skills/classes/etc. that you were required to accomplish. = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The most useful training that was required was clinical hands on experiece and the last useful that was required was Microbiology. = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">8. How much do you make a week? A year? = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I make $67,000 a year = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">8. Do you find it easy or hard to live off your salary? = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I live comfortably = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">9. Are you required to continue training/progressing in your education to remain competitive and capable to do your job? = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Yes, every year nurses are required to maintain a number of continuing education units in order to keep your license. = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">10. Do you find your field in high demand (competitive), not enough well qualified persons, or are their two many people within your field? = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">I find it that it is very competitive! = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">11. If you could go back to college and re do your career choice, would you? Why? = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">No - I am happy with my career choice = = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">My questions = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1. What made you want to be a Pediatric Nurse? = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">When my Dad got sick i saw how the nurse took very good care of him for a long time. This made me realize that I wanted to learn more about helping people so I went to nursing school. = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">2. Do you find that your job is stressful? = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Yes, there can be some distress situations. = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">3. If you could switch the field of Pediatric Nurse to another type of nurse, what would it be? = =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Emergency Room Nurse =