Essay On Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist

A pediatric clinical nurse specialist is a branch of medicine for children . A pediatric clinical nurse specialist (PCNS) is an advanced nurse that specializes with children (children from newborn to until they are eighteen). A pediatric clinical nurse has to go to a four year college or university. You need to have a at least your master’s degree and your BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing). You also have to be a RN (registered nurse) to have this job. I would need to go to medical school to be able to become a RN. I would like to be this for many different reasons. To be able to complete this I would need to go to college or to an university. I would really like to go to the University of San Francisco. In this paper, I will argue why I have selected to pursue a career as a pediatric clinical nurse specialist based on my interest of helping children to be healthy.

First, clinical nurse specialist started in the late 1800’s. Mostly only women would work as a clinical nurse specialist, only a few males would be a CNS. Clinical Nurse specialist started because people wanted a more advanced type of nurse to help more patients more in person and personally. In 1943, they were first called nurse clinician by Frances Reiter, who was the chairperson at a medical college. A clinical nurse specialist has to teach, research, consult, manage with their patients and their family. They must have a master's, postgraduate, or doctoral degree from a clinical nurse specialist program. Some characteristics of a clinical nurse specialist are multifaceted, patient-facing, managerial. They work in a physical and mental way with their