Pediatric health-care work force planning efforts are increasingly incorporating the roles of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, especially in plans to alleviate the perceived shortage of ...

Becoming a pediatric nurse is one of the most fulfilling career paths for aspiring health care professionals. You have the opportunity to work and care for infants, children, adolescents up to 18 ...

The Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (PACNP) program at the Orvis School of Nursing (OSN) prepares advanced practice nurses to provide comprehensive, high-acuity care for pediatric patients ...

The program provides classroom instruction regarding competencies, the administration of basic nursing care to patients in a healthcare facility. The program includes hands-on experience in a clinical ...

For future health care professionals who do not intend to pursue careers as doctors but who still want to have significant authority and influence in the health care sector, jobs such as physician ...

The N-KICS tool (Nursing-Kids Intensity of Care Survey) is the first pediatric-specific tool designed to describe the intensity of nursing care for children with CMC. Recent medical advances have ...

Christin Perry is a freelance writer with a passion for all topics related to health and family. She has been working as a writer for seven years now, and her work has appeared in Parents, The Bump, ...

Observation of the assistants in six private pediatric offices (four registered nurses and two "medical assistants") for three days with a stopwatch to determine their work patterns showed an average ...