I will be graduating in December 2005 and am very interested in pediatric nursing. I am living near a top notch pediatric facility and I'm sure if I worked there, I would get a lot of really good experience. What I'm wondering is this...is it better to get experience with adults first? I know that it takes some special skills to be able to work with pediatric patients...the art of distraction, special communication techniques, etc. I wonder whether getting used to nursing as a new career will be enough of a challenge without adding the extra skills required to take care of pediatric patients. I love kids and I relate well to them so I really think that I would ultimately be interested in pediatric nursing, but I want to go down the right path so that I am fully prepared to take on the challenge. Any words of wisdom out there? Thanks in advance.
Lisa