When I decided to pursue a career in medicine‚ pediatrics seemed like a natural choice. From spending time with my younger brothers to working as a summer camp counselor‚ I had always loved interacting with children. As I reflect on past experiences and hopes for the future‚ it has become clear to me that pediatrics will allow me to realize my personal and professional dreams. The field of pediatrics is diverse and challenging. During my clerkship rotations‚ I admired the amount of knowledge and
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years of age‚ has a hectic but rewarding job. It takes only not only good grades but also extreme dedication to succeed in this medical field. There are many different types of pediatricians and finding the right one is essential. Overall‚ life as a pediatric doctor is right for some people and it may be you. The road to becoming a pediatrician starts with selecting the right premedical college courses. Although this may vary between different medical schools‚ theses are the minimum requirements for
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Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care (PPEC) centers are specifically designed to decrease health care costs by delivering cost effective health services to children with medically complex conditions‚ in the hopes of reducing frequent hospitalizations. Parents who enroll their children in PPECs not only expect the management of their child’s medical needs‚ but also anticipate that the PPEC will function as a regular daycare and promote their child’s academic and social development. Hence‚ the expectation
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I was on the unit when a new child was admitted‚ and this gave me the opportunity to observe therapeutic play and how the child benefits from it. The preschool child was admitted to the unit due to a femur fracture that would require surgical intervention and had been admitted to the unit until the surgical team could be assemble in order to reduce stress for the child. After the child’s pain was brought down to a manageable level in the emergency department‚ the child was brought up to the unit
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become. Well‚ this is a common risk every person entering pediatric nursing must face. Pediatric Nurse Practitioners are those that care for patients from when they are newborns to adolescents. In order for one to pursue the career of pediatric nursing one must be informed that it takes a great deal of education‚ job function‚ and the utmost love and devotion to care for others. Education is key to success. The education needed to become a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner is a four year Bachelor’s degree
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PEDIATRIC HISTORY & PHYSICAL EXAM (CHILDREN ARE NOT JUST LITTLE ADULTS) -HISTORY- Learning Objectives: 1. To understand the content differences in obtaining a medical history on a pediatric patient compared to an adult. a. To understand how the age of the child has an impact on obtaining an appropriate medical history. 2. To understand all the ramifications of the parent as historian in obtaining a medical history in a pediatric patient. 3. To understand the appropriate wording of open-ended
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articles are from the 1970’s. As for authority‚ the authors’ credentials are listed at the top of the page. The main author‚ Kirstyn Marie Kameg‚ Has her doctorate in nursing and is a nursing professor at Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania. The other author of the article‚ Janene Luther Szpak‚ also has her doctorate in nursing. Email links are provided for both authors in order to contact them about the information in the article thus enforcing the authority they have to write about OCD. The
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In both of these specialties there are several procedures that have to be done on the teeth to ensure that they are in good condition. In pediatric dentistry‚ there are stainless steel crowns (SSCs)‚ Composite Resin or tooth colored fillings‚ X-rays‚ dental cleaning‚ fluoride‚ pulp treatment‚ extractions‚ sealants‚ and space maintainers. A stainless steel crown‚ also known as SSCs are used to restore the teeth that are badly decayed to hold white fillings. When a tooth decays‚ there can
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Pediatric oncologist treats cancer in children because some types of cancer can occur most often in children and teenagers such as certain brain tumors and leukemia. Hematologist-oncologist diagnoses and treats blood cancer‚ such as leukemia‚ lymphoma‚ and myeloma. Medical Oncologist are doctors who coordinates and oversees patient’s medical care. In an interview on Working Nurses by Keith Carlson she interviewed a Pediatric Oncologist named Shannon Martin‚ Shannon
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this program I was deciding between being a pediatrician or a pediatric nurse‚ but now that I have been through the program and had a chance to explore many different careers I have shifted between many different pathways in the medical field. Especially when I went to the medical career club meetings‚ I would always question what I thought I wanted and would end up going back to my main reason for wanting to be a pediatrician or a pediatric nurse‚ I love working with kids. As I transitioned from introduction
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