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Are Peditricians & Pediatric Nurses the same thing ?


Are Peditricians & Pediatric Nurses the same thing ?

While they both are professionals working with children, pediatricians are the medical doctors and pediatric nurses are the ones who follow through on the doctor's orders.

No, a pediatrician is a doctor while a pediatric nurse is a nurse. Both specialize in kids.

no, pediatric nurses don't go to medical school, they go to nursing school. some are nurse practioners though and can do almost everything a doctor can, including writing prescriptions.

pediatrician is an M.D. pediatric nurse is an R.N.

are you serious? Pediatricians are doctors who went to medical school and then had fellowships in pediatrics...a specialized area of medicine. Pediatric nurses are RNs or LPN/LVNs who have nursing degrees or certifications and work with the pediatric population. Nursing is a profession that is completely seperate from medicine, yet nurses do work with physicians as part of the health care team. That is....in the United States.

NO. Peditricians are the doctors where pediatric nurses are just that, nurses. they both have training specific to their jobs. Nurses can not perscribe medication where the peditrician can

Although both work with children, that's what the "ped" tells us, they are not the same thing. A pediatrician is a doctor that works with children. According to the University of Baltimore MD,
"Following graduation from medical school, primary care pediatricians complete three years of education in an accredited pediatric residency program."

A pediatric nurse is one who works with children. They might have any level of certification: LPN, RN, BSN or Masters.
Some schools provide a specialty, some hospitals provide on the job specialization.

A Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner is a nurse with a graduate degree in advanced practice nursing who can provide a broad range of health care services.

How much the CNP can do in the US depends upon the state in which they work. It ranges from states that permit the Pediatric Nurse Practioner to have their own practice without supervision by a medical doctor, to those that must be supervised to states that do not have licencing for nurse practitioners at all.

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