PEDIATRICS..

If you don't understand the questions asked by a homework assignment, I suggest you review your course materials and talk with your teacher. He/she may be looking for a specific slant.

But ... that said ... I would start by defining "pediatrics." What is it? What does it include? What are the particular characteristics of pediatric nursing that set it apart from other types of nursing? -- not just the ages of the patients, but how the fact that our patients are children effects our approach to them, the services we provide, how we deliver those services, etc. (e.g. the need to include the family, always consider developmental level, provide play opportunities, establish different relationships with some of our patients, etc.) You might want to think of the cultural differences between pediatric nurses and nurses in other specialties.

I hope that helps you start thinking in fruitful directions.