Questions about what pediatric mental health nurses do?

I am a 10th grade student in high school in an early college prep program. I will graduate high school with an LPN. For my English class we are doing a project about researching a career we have interest in and having a job fair at the end to showcase our research. I am very interested in being a pediatric psych/mental health nurse. I have some questions for someone in that field. 1. What does a typical shift look like? (From when you clock in to when you clock out) 2. What is the best part of your job? What do you like most about working as a pediatric psych/mental health nurse? (Pros) 3. What is the worst part of your job? What do you like least about it? (Cons) 4. What differences are there working with kids vs working with adults? (other than the obvious and if you have had experience working with adults) 5. How long did it take you to get to this job? (How many years of education did you need? Did you need any special certifications? What position did you have before this one?) 6. Do you work inpatient or outpatient? 7. What drew you to become a pediatric psych/mental health nurse? 8. What advice would you give to someone considering this position? (What would you do differently if you could do it over again)

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