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I would like to be either:
-Neonatal Cardiology Nurse
-Pediatric Oncology Nurse
I am wondering if Neonatology is a subspecialty of Pediatrics and if I could even specialize in both Pediatric and Internal Medicine subspecialties(oncology and cardiology) nursing at one time. I hope someone can help!
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You are a bit confused. As a bedside nurse you get a general nurse education and specialize on the job–you can work in any specialty you want. In graduate school (nursing) you either pursue a clinical nurse specialist or a nurse practitioner route (for clinical). You are not really s a true bedside nurse at this point. The NICU route is entirely separate from the peds route (it is not a subspecialty). If you did peds (general or the PNP) you could possible get on the job further education in oncology or cardiology. You would not be able to do both at the same time ( nor would you want to), there is not enough time in the day to become fully familar with two divergent specialties.
So if you want to be a bedside nurse in those field, you get your RN & go to work in that area (no masters). If you want to be a nurse practitioner (masters/DNP) you would have to chose first of all between neonatology or pediatrics, do the program & then specialize further from there.
In the childrens hospital I trained at (Childrens LA); there was no neonatal cardiology. All heart patients went to a special pediatric cardiology unit–so keep that in mind.