Hello, I'm a student in nursing school. I know I want to work with special needs children. This may include children with physical and developmental issues such as Muscular Dystrophy and Down Syndrome. Are there careers in nursing or should I look into allied health? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dec 19, 2019 by Nurse SMS, MSN, RN Nurse SMS has 9 years experience as a MSN, RN and specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development. 4 Followers; 6,106 Posts; 48,197 Profile Views Private nurses work with disabled/special needs kids all the time. So does pediatric home health, pediatric acute care, pediatric clinic jobs etc. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dec 19, 2019 by meanmaryjean, DNP, RN meanmaryjean has 40 years experience as a DNP, RN and specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia. 3 Followers; 7,568 Posts; 65,458 Profile Views In a specialty children's hospital- a large percentage of the patients have special needs. Peds home care as mentioned above is almost exclusively special needs kids. Specialty clinics, Shriner's , and Easter Seals are others I can think of. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dec 19, 2019 by Golden_RN, MSN 422 Posts; 1,212 Profile Views Possibly school nursing! I worked for a public school district that had a school for school-age students with various severe health issues. Their school nurse was an RN and there were also LVNs that provided the direct nursing care (tube feeding, trach care etc.). The district also had a school for adults, which were clients that had developmental disabilities and medical problems. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
