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Pediatric Nursing Life Support 1 year 47 weeks ago

Some hospitals may offer an internship for college graduates who want to specialize in pediatrics.The internship will include classroom lectures and clinical training.A nurse must be licensed as a certified pediatric nurse, which is achieved through the examination process.There are also special classes to address pediatric issues.

New Treatment of Common Childhood Illnesses 1 year 47 weeks ago

An illness or disease affected children differently than adults and often requires different and specialized care and treatment.A pediatric nurse with patience, a smile and a friendly appearance is a long way to make the pediatric patient and the family feel less nervous and more comfortable in their medical environment.As with all pediatric nursing professions are in high demand.The more training and certification is a pediatric nutritionist, the more demand for their skills is.

Kids from The Aflac Cancer Center raising awareness for brain tumors 1 year 3 weeks ago

Each day ten kids are diagnosed with a brain tumor in the US
~brain tumors are the deadliest form of childhood cancer
~There are 130 different types of brain tumors, making diagnosis and treatment very difficult.
~Pediatric brain tumors aren't like those in adults. Children's brain tumors require specific research and different treatments.

"My Son Could Have Died" the most common cause of Pediatric Emergency Surgery each year! 1 year 11 weeks ago

Every parent should read this and learn more about ways to recognize this diagnosis. This is a mom's story about how recognizing a few things with her son of 5 years old, may have saved his life. There are 80,000 cases of pediatric appendicitis each year with 1/3 of those children suffering a ruptured appendix.

Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation 1 year 35 weeks ago

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
This is a Hub that I am a little behind in writing it really should have been one of my first. And I will actually be planning to keep a series of Hubs on this topic as I feel it is a very worthy topic. I only hope and pray my words are worthy enough for the cause and that they can impress on all who read it to help the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and other Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation's in anyway possible.