New to peds HELP

[Kris2587]

I worked one year in a peds office as a PCT have worked the past 5 years with internal medicine but now I am going back to peds ... It's a doctors office so I need to brush up on peds and any info I can get would help. Websites resources whatever thanks help please

[eyesopen_mouthshut, CNA]

Amazon.com: Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing (Book with CD-ROM) (9780323009898): Donna L. Wong PhD RN PNP CPN FAAN, Marilyn L. Winkelstein PhD RN, Patricia Schwartz PhD RNC CPNP, Marilyn J. Hockenberry PhD RN PNP-BC FAAN, David Wilson MS RN This is a really cheap book, and my best friend (BSN, peds specialty) recommends it :)

[nursel56]

In addition I would brush up on your growth and development milestones, childhood immunization schedules, look for tips on how to do an accurate well-baby (or well-child) check, like head circumference, height and weight on a recalcitrant toddler, best practice for injection technique based on wt/age, and just generally how to gain and maintain rapport with kids and parents! Relax, get to their eye-level when you talk to them, and smile a lot! If you enjoy being around children, they usually pick up on that. Best wishes to you!

[typoagain]

In addition I would brush up on your growth and development milestones, childhood immunization schedules, look for tips on how to do an accurate well-baby (or well-child) check, like head circumference, height and weight on a recalcitrant toddler, best practice for injection technique based on wt/age, and just generally how to gain and maintain rapport with kids and parents! Relax, get to their eye-level when you talk to them, and smile a lot! If you enjoy being around children, they usually pick up on that. Best wishes to you!

For a MD'S office, this is perfect advice, especially the immunization schedule. Don't forget to mention Gardasil and ask when the parents had their last pertussis booster!