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Pediatric Nursing Notes

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Pediatric Nursing Notes

To choose a career in pediatric nursing, you must have a love for children and a nurturing quality about you. It is a specialized field of nursing and it takes a big heart to love and care for the kids in your ward. Because of this specialization, you’ll need to study general medicine as well as pediatric-specific conditions and treatments.

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April 28th, 2010 at 4:44 am

Pharmacology For Nurses

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Pharmacology For Nurses

Pharmacology is the study of how drugs work in the body. It’s an important part of a nurse’s job because of the possible interactions and effects particular drugs can have on a patient. You need to have a working knowledge of the major groups of drugs (analgesics, antihistamines, etc.) in order to understand how they work within the body. It is also very important to have knowledge of drug to drug interactions in case a patient’s progress takes an unexpected turn.

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April 28th, 2010 at 4:44 am