http://www.netpediatrics.com/question-about-becoming-a-pediatric-nurse/ Questions and Answers from Real People Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:12:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.netpediatrics.com/question-about-becoming-a-pediatric-nurse/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 mischa Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:41:17 +0000 http://www.netpediatrics.com/question-about-becoming-a-pediatric-nurse/#comment-1225 It depends on the doctor's office, some will require some hospital experience where others may not. I would suggest it though, because it helps you to identify problems and the experience is very valuable. You can choose nursing or pre-nursing as your major, it really should not matter. If you chose nursing, sometimes you have an advantage over other students in choosing the classes during the registration process. Pediatric nursing is a specialty Field, you may find that when you go through your clinicals during nursing school that you like other areas too. That is a bonus in nursing, if you get tired or bored in one field you can move on to a different field. Good Luck, it is a wonderful profession. It depends on the doctor’s office, some will require some hospital experience where others may not. I would suggest it though, because it helps you to identify problems and the experience is very valuable. You can choose nursing or pre-nursing as your major, it really should not matter. If you chose nursing, sometimes you have an advantage over other students in choosing the classes during the registration process. Pediatric nursing is a specialty Field, you may find that when you go through your clinicals during nursing school that you like other areas too. That is a bonus in nursing, if you get tired or bored in one field you can move on to a different field. Good Luck, it is a wonderful profession.

]]> http://www.netpediatrics.com/question-about-becoming-a-pediatric-nurse/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 Orthopedic RN Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:23:39 +0000 http://www.netpediatrics.com/question-about-becoming-a-pediatric-nurse/#comment-1224 You will enter into college as a prenursing student. Once you get into the nursing program you will be a nursing student. I would suggest that you just become an LVN first since you only want to work in a doctors office. If you become a RN you will be paid a whole lot lower pay in a doctors office than if you work in a hospital so i wouldn't go through all the extra work to become an RN if you will be paid like an LVN. You can always bridge up to an RN. If you get a LVN you will be hired right away in a doctors office but if you get your RN you will find it hard to get employment at a doctors office. You will enter into college as a prenursing student. Once you get into the nursing program you will be a nursing student. I would suggest that you just become an LVN first since you only want to work in a doctors office. If you become a RN you will be paid a whole lot lower pay in a doctors office than if you work in a hospital so i wouldn’t go through all the extra work to become an RN if you will be paid like an LVN. You can always bridge up to an RN. If you get a LVN you will be hired right away in a doctors office but if you get your RN you will find it hard to get employment at a doctors office.

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