Pediatric Endocrinology Nurses help kids with endocrine diseases. These nurses treat infants to teens with delayed growth and development, and diseases like diabetes, hypoglycemia, and endocrine gland disorders including adrenal, thyroid and pituitary problems. As a Pediatric Endocrinology Nurse, you’ll work closely with pediatricians to help develop your patients’ treatment plan and care. Since one of the most common diseases in pediatric endocrinology is juvenile diabetes, you’ll play an important role in teaching children and their parents about the effects of diabetes, and help them make healthy lifestyle choices.
Things You'll Do:
- Conduct tests to monitor patient progress
- Anticipate new health problems
- Take blood pressure and draw blood samples
- Help patients, and their parents, manage their diseases
- Teach families about healthy lifestyle choices
Your job characteristics:
- Multifaceted
- Structured
- Patient-facing
- Research-oriented
How You'll Get There
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Get YourNursing Diploma, Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
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Take elective courses in endocrinology and pediatrics during school.
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Pass YourNational Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN)
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You can start working as a Registered Nurse.
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Get significant experience in pediatric nursing, diabetes education, endocrinology and internal medicine. Since there’s no nationally recognized certification in pediatric endocrinology nursing, you can increase your expertise in this area through continuing education courses.
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Become aPediatric Endocrinology Nurse
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Meet
Jacquelynread her story
Pediatric Nurse, BS/BSN
As a child I was diagnosed with cancer and was treated at the University of Michigan Hospital.
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What Else You
Can Expect- As a Pediatric Endocrinology Nurse, you can work as a clinic nurse, an endocrinology testing nurse, a diabetes management nurse, a patient care coordinator or a diabetes educator nurses.
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