What do people find the hardest part of paediatric nursing?

[goats'r'us]

I'm almost through my first year of uni, and i'm thinking about what area i want to go into. I'm thinking paediatrics, but what do you all find is the hardest part of it and how do you work around it?

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[glow_worm]

walmart_adn, that choked me up...

[eb_rn]

i agree with all the answers so far....Parents!!! its easy to pass judgement, especially when working with the abused kids, and having to look these parents in the eye and say "ur doing a good job" all the while thinking " how could anyone allow this horrible act to happen to their child?!?!" and being professional with them, thats got to be the worst part, cuz its easy enuf to love the kids--all of them, especially the really cute ones, but even the "bratt-y types" are loveable for 12 hours! I guess my best advice is just to leave work at work...u cant take it home with u. the loveable ones and the brats and the abused ones...they all need to stay at work, take care of ur own kids at home. but i have to add, some of the parents i see are incredible, taking on super-hero like characteristics, just wanting their kiddos to get better, so parents arent always a problem! i love my job, i work with infants/toddlers--up to 5 years old and couldnt imagine working anywhere else! The best peds nurses are the ones who didnt "choose" to work with kids, but the ones who were "chosen" to work with kids, almost a feeling of Divine Intervention. :)

[Caveman]

"What do people find the hardest part of paediatric nursing?"

Spelling it.

[nicudaynurse]

"Paediatric" is actually the way it is spelled in other countries (I think in Europe).

[karenelizabeth]

Originally posted by nicudaynurse

"Paediatric

Yep it is the UK way of spelling it like many words we spell them slightly different.

Karen