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Pediatric nurse.
17-F-IA
I'm getting ready to go to college in about a year and a half and i want to go to become a pediatric nurse and work my way up over time to a pediatrician....
its possible to work your way up to a doctor isnt it?
whats the highest level of education you can get for nursing? (masters,bachelors,Dr?)
Do you have to go to a special school//college to become a pediatric nurse or do you just learn basic nursing needs and you can be whatever kind of nurse you want to be?
Do you have to go to college for nursing or do you just go to a nursing school?
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Could you find me a good school//college in the desmoines, IA area.
you dont have to do this one just need help getting things figured out.
thanks in advance.
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You need to become an RN before you can be a Pediatric Nurse. I'm in high school nursing classes, and we learned about all this last year. There are Nursing Schools, you would go all year for about 2-3 years, pending on what degree you want. After you have reached your RN, you then need to go back to school to learn about the child's body and what not. My game plan, get my RN, start my work, and after 2 years when I know my work schedule, go back to college to become a pediatric nurse. Maybe you'd like to do that also. good luck!!
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Unfortunately, you can't "work your way up" to being a doctor. The only way to become a doctor is to go to medical school for 4 years. To become a pediatrician, you would need an extra 4 years. So altogether, you'd be in university for up to 12 years to reach pediatrician status.
A bachelor's degree in nursing is what allows you to operate as a nurse. You get basic training.
You can get a master's degree in nursing, which allows you to specialize further. It takes between 18 and 24 months to do. That's how you would become a pediatric nurse.
You can also get a PhD, but I'm not entirely sure what that entails.
If you so chose, you could likely get a BSN, then apply for medical school. It would take you 12 years to go that route to become a pediatrician.
There are no special nursing schools. Universities have nursing departments.
Here's a link where you can browse nursing schools from different states and get information:
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