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Pediatric Nurses provide comprehensive care to children, adolescents, and their families in various settings. Pediatric Nurses respond to the physical and psychosocial aspects of health and illness, concern for health promotion and disease prevention, management of physical and mental disabilities, and response to acute and chronic illness.

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Play it Safe

Nurses across the country are speaking up and working with hospitals to improve pediatric patient safety. Seemingly small modifications in areas such as hygiene behavior, medication administration and parent education are proving change is possible — and essential. Read more »

Featured Articles

Rotavirus vaccine not linked to worrisome side effect

Some previous data have suggested a possible increased risk of intussusception after administration of the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in infants. Read more »

Study quantifies hospital cases due to child abuse

In a single year, according to a study, more than 4,500 children in the U.S. were hospitalized because of child abuse, and 300 died of their injuries. Read more »

Infections linked to risk of stroke in children

In a three- to seven-day window, 13% of children with stroke had an infection compared to 2% of controls. The elevated risk did not persist after the first month of infection. Read more »