Qualifications and training needed to become a paediatric nurse
Nursing degree
Nursing degree apprenticeship (NDA)
Nursing associate
What skills and qualities do you need in paediatric nursing?
- Working with doctors to assess a child’s condition
- Administering medication and treating injuries
- Monitoring each child’s progress, sharing information with other healthcare professionals
- Supporting children and their parents/carers in the hospital, observing children’s behaviour, and listening to their concerns
- Advising on children’s care once they return home
Gain experience to become a paediatric nurse
- Demonstrate that you’re focused on your career and know what’s involved before you apply
- Develop new skills that you’ll be able to use no matter what job you end up doing
- Discover if children’s nursing is really for you
- Feel certain you’ve made the right choice before you commit to a course
- Gain self-confidence
- Have something to discuss when you go to interviews
- Make a difference to other people
- Volunteering at a local hospital or hospice
- A work experience placement
- A full or part-time job
- An internship
Paediatric nursing career pathways and progression opportunities
Paediatric nurse opportunities at Thornbury
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