Lpns and Working with children??

[Tabithaduarte]

I'm hopefully starting lpn school this year.

im calling to take a placement test to get the ball rolling.

what I really want to do is work with children like at a pediatricians office or something of that nature. Would I have to take extra classes to get into a place like that? I'm sure I'll find out soon, but I like to find out as much information as I can before hand.

This is a very new and scary world im about to enter. Schooling I mean. I've always stuck to myself and stayed in my own little bubble.

Ive never been good at school so I don't think I'm going to do well in school. Anyone got some tips for someone like me?

Actually doing the job doesn't scare me but A&P does and anything to do with math!

I have have two little ones as well4 and 2, so I know that this is not goin to be a easy journey. I'm going to need a lot of luck and prayers.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

LPNs are trained as generalist nurses, so they can pick any specialty they want without having to take extra steps, just as long as some employer is willing to hire them into their desired specialty.

If you want to work with children, you could work in pediatric private duty, which is a booming area of job growth for LPNs. There's also pediatric doctors offices and teen clinics, although medical assistants are obtaining a greater share of the jobs in doctors offices and clinics because their labor costs are lower.

[Omaapecm, ASN, RN]

Once you get your license it'll be up to the place that hires you whether you need anything extra. I can't imagine you would, unless your at a hospital or something. School is hard and very time consuming but if you really work hard I'm sure you can manage it. My best advice is always stay ahead. Once you fall behind it's hard to catch up. Good luck

[caliotter3]

Another avenue of working with children besides extended care home health, is school nurse. You can work for the school district and are essentially the "school nurse" we may remember from our childhood. Or you can work for a home health agency and work one on one with a peds home health client who goes to school. You may, or may not, accompany that child on the school bus. Sometimes the district employs these one on one nurses and not a home health agency. This assignment can be fun. You get to go to school again while you work with your middle or high school aged client. Once knew a nurse who attended college with his young adult client. He drove him in the client's van. More like a buddy, than a nurse.