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What made you want to become a pediatric nurse?

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Oddly enough, when I decided to be a nurse, I was going to be an adult nurse because I didn’t think I could watch a child die. Then life happened. My first job as a nurse aid was at pediatric skilled nursing facility for children and adults with developmental disabilities as well as being medically fragile. I started on a Friday on 3-11 shift. I cried all the way home, but I went back. My second night there a child almost died and I was the one who found her. The third night I was there, I was on my own with 8 little ones to take care of. I cried and on the way home I said “Lord, if you want me to do this, tell me how. He responded “Just love them!” And that’s what I did for 45 years. I stayed at the facility through nursing school and became a medication aid, then a student nurse. They like me there and offered me my first nursing job. So that’s how I became a pediatric nurse. I believe it was my mission, and I got to do my mission every day for 45 years

Cheryl recommends the following next steps:

I suggest you call a local hospital and see if they have a shadow program where you could follow a pediatric nurse around for a day.
You might also see if there is a child life program with which you could volunteer
Keep your heart and mind open and allow your experienced to pick your specialty.
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