Anahi
What type of internship would you take to become a nurse?
I would like to become a pediatric nurse. #nurse
1 answer
Daniela Silva
Daniela’s Answer
Hi Anahi,
Some hospitals offer both internship and residency programs. At hospitals that offer both, internships tend to be in a specialty. However, there are no national standards for internships or residencies, and hospitals can structure the programs in any way they desire.
Specialty areas in which a nurse might intern include:
- Critical Care
- Emergency Department
- Medical Surgical
- Medical Telemetry
- Neonatal
- Oncology
- Pediatrics
- Perioperative
- Post Anesthesia Care Unit
- Transplants
- Women’s Health
New nurses need to take in a number of considerations in choosing a graduate nurse internship, including location, pay, program length, and individual career goals. Questions that a nurse might ask about an internship include:
What is the content and structure of the internship? Does it provide specialty content? Does it include formal classroom training?
Who provides training to a nurse intern and what is their training?
How does the internship impart new skills and is additional support available for nurses having difficulty acquiring a new skill?
Does the program include mentoring and how does it work?
How do interns receive feedback?
Is added support available to help nurse interns deal with stressful experiences (such as their first patient death or an ethical dilemma)?
Does the internship have documented outcomes and what are they?
New nurses will probably have to apply to several residency or internship programs, as some programs are very competitive.
In: http://www.graduatenursingedu.org/graduate-nurse-internship/
Have a great journey!
Nurses get the training in their specialty while also studying for that specific part of medicine. Pediatrics is a specialty that not every nurse can do. I enjoyed pediatrics very much. If you want to know more about the specialty it is often really great to volunteer at the local hospital during your high school years and specify your "curiosity" for pediatrics. Sometimes, in the occupational or physical therapy units, there is a need for volunteers to "play games or sit and watch a movie" with all ages of children during their treatments. Even helping with clerical duties, yet will at least get the exposure to what nurses do on a pediatric floor. This work also looks great on any college application!! Good luck!!
Mary Beames