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Suzanne’s Answer

Of course! But your nursing education will be in general practice to start. You would go on to earn specialty education and certifications to specialize in pediatrics.

Nurse.Org offers this information:

Pediatric nurses are usually Registered Nurses (RN) or Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN), who decide to pursue specialty training in pediatrics. Doing so allows them to take on roles in which they can work specifically with babies, toddlers, tweens, and teens. Pediatric RNs may work in a hospital’s pediatric department, for example.

There are also Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (PNP) who take on additional responsibilities such as prescribing medications, performing developmental screenings, and administering immunizations. They hold advanced degrees in nursing and pass additional exams in order to practice.

Here is a link to a company offering a pediatric nurse nationally recognized certification:

https://www.pncb.org/

Here is the pediatric nurse code of ethics;

Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
Certificant Code of Ethics
Introduction

To support excellence in nursing practice, the PNCB assumes that every nurse certified by this
organization will uphold and adhere to the following ethical pledge:
PNCB certified nurses will:
1. Hold a current, valid, unrestricted and unencumbered license to practice as a registered nurse.
2. Maintain the patient’s right to privacy and confidentiality.
3. Refrain from direct or indirect participation in deceptive, illegal or unethical activities.
4. Contribute to the safety and protection of patients by reporting incompetent, unethical or illegal
health care practice.
5. Provide care in accordance with professional scope and standards of practice and compliant with
state licensure requirements including but not limited to:
a. Consistently updating specialty skills and knowledge to maintain competency.
b. Treating all patients with respect and compassion by providing quality care regardless
of the patient’s religion, race, age, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, social
and/or economic status.
c. Promoting and maintaining a safe environment by ensuring the provision of
competent care that embraces the physical, emotional, and spiritual health of patients
in a multicultural, globalsociety.
PNCB may revoke the certification of any nurse who commits an ethical violation and may send
notification to the nurse’s employer and state board of nursing, where appropriate. Ethical violations
may include but are not limited to the following:
• failure to maintain a current, active, unrestricted or unencumbered RN license
• falsification of any information provided to the PNCB
• misrepresentation of certification status
• participation in illegal practice
• acting dishonestly or unfairly to personally gain advantage or provide advantage to another during
the examination or recertification process
If a PNCB certified nurse’s certification is revoked because of ethical violations, and the nurse desires to
become certified again by PNCB, the nurse may contact the PNCB to determine future certification
eligibility.
11/16/2009 Updated 4/17/2019

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Yolonda’s Answer

Yes, definitely but first you have to get accepted into a nursing program. Here’s a helpful video on questions to ask when looking into different nursing programs:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=cQw0sYG4E2Q
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