Ever since I was five years-old, I walked around telling everyone that I want to be a doctor. It was not till I was eleven that I knew I wanted to work with kids too. So I looked to my mother and said, “Mom what do you call a doctor that always works with kids?” I didn’t know whether or not it had a special name like everything else. She looked at me and asked why I wanted to know. I told her, “I want to know what kind of doctor I want to be.” She told me that everyone would call me a pediatrician. Then all I could think was, “My next step is to learn how to spell that.” A pediatrician is the person children go to until they turn 18. The five things one must understand about this career are history, description, training and education, salary, and outlook.
The word pediatrics comes from a root meaning healer of children; they originate from two Greek words: παῖς (pais = child) and ἰατρός (iatros = doctor or healer). Lee J. Sutton Jr., Ph.D., was the first full-time professor in the United States that taught of pediatrics at the Medical College of Virginia (“History” Department). In the 18th century, children became the focus of a separate medical care (“Pediatrician”). During the time range of 1928 to 1959, there were big changes in medical and pediatric care and teachings for everyone (“History” Department). In 1973, the D.P. (Department of Pediatrics) opened a one of the first youth units, showing its pledge to serve all new born babies, infants, children, adolescents and young adults (“History” Department). Children's health care became a recognized as a medical specialty during the early 19th century, and by the middle of the 19th century, pediatrics was taught separately in almost all medical schools (“Pediatrician”). In the ...
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Every little kid has high expectations for what they want to be when they grow up. Some dream of becoming president of the United States of America, or becoming an Astronaut, a lot of little kid ’s say that they want to be a Doctor. What kids do not understand is that there are many types of doctors, like an orthopedic surgeon, who works with feet, or an oral surgeon, who works with the mouth. Another similarity to a doctor is a nurse practitioner.
While the concept of the profession began in the 17th century, our paper will focus more on the contemporary American history starting in the 1940s. Dr. Amos Johnson, a founder of the American Board of Family Practice, hired a hospital orderly named Henry Treadwell to assist in the daily activities of his office. Dr. Johnson’s practice in Garland, North Carolina, initiated the spread of the physician assistant model across the state. Dr. Eugene Stead and his general medicine residents at Duke University took interest in this idea. In 1942, due to the lack of adequate medical care during World War II, Dr. Stead created a three year medical doctorate fast-track program. This sparked the idea that perhaps one day he could implement a similar program to alleviate the physician shortage in the United States.
The article,”What is a Physician?” (2012) explains that being patient, tolerable, and being flexible are very important that benefit all health care workers. The article “What is a Physician?”, also goes to states that these traits are important because they provide a positive environment for everybody working with you. The article, “What is a Physician?” (2012) also goes on to state that optimism is very important for pediatrics because it can make a good relationship with your other health care workers. The article, “What is a Physician?” also states that these qualities can help your health care worker to gain reputation and even increase your salary in this profession.
After high school people go to college. College is the step where they will figure out their life-long job. I’ve always have wanted to go into the medical field, but didn’t know what I wanted to do in it. I decided I would like to to be a pediatric oncologist. A pediatric oncologist is a physician that specializes in pediatrics. Pediatric oncologists receive further training in medical oncology. Pediatric oncologists help kids who are fighting cancer.
“There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age”-anonymous. Imagine a world without pediatricians. Who would have the expertise to care for your child? From birth to age 18 Pediatricians have what it takes to ensure your child goes from a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly. The career of a pediatrician is determination. You must be determined to make your patient feel better no matter what. In my research I will be discussing the career of a pediatrician, their influence on society and more.
There are few jobs in today’s world that are essential to our society and being a nurse is one of them. Diane Marks Nurse Clinician of Pediatric Allergy at the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg Manitoba granted me the privilege of sitting down to discuss her career . Through this interview I was able to gain perspective on how being a pediatric nurse encompasses more than what is written in the job description. It is more than just needles and antibiotics, but many times it means being a mother, a sister, a friend, a councillor, and many other roles in the patient’s life.
Children get injured or sick every day, and it doesn’t matter whether the child goes to a doctor or a pediatrician they are still tended to by a pediatric nurse. A pediatric nurse has to have many qualities. They also have to take many different classes. A pediatric nurse’s pay can vary from location to location depending on where they are working. Pediatric nurses must endure many different things to make it into this particular work field, and have many different qualities.
Kids aren’t like adults, their bodies are growing and changing constantly and require specific knowledge to understand. I find it interesting learning about children’s mindsets and how their bodies are different from adults. I have always had a passion for working with kids and anytime that I have gotten an opportunity to be around kids and working with them I take it. I love being able to help kids feel better and to see them develop physically and mentally throughout time. Seeing a kids’ reaction to learning something new or feeling better is a highlight to my day which is why I chose to pursue my career in pediatrics as a pediatric nurse.
What is a pediatrician? Pediatricians are doctors who specialize and focus in caring for babies to young adults (Career Cruising). They deal with childhood diseases and the care of infants with health and sickness (Elberts). The typical upper age limit of patients is from age twelve to age twenty-one (NetMed Pediatrics). They have to treat their patients as if he or she were going to change the world. Pediatricians complete many tasks in a day’s time. They perform physical exams and order tests that will diagnose diseases and injuries that have occurred. They advise surgery and medications and may also help patients through puberty and family problems (Career Cruising). It is their responsibility to make sure the patients are not only healthy, but also safe and happy. Some pediatricians communicate with social workers, family members, and health care workers to understand the entire situation as best as they can (Career Cruising). If the patient seems to have more personal problems, pediatricians have the opportunity to send them to other doctors like a psychiatrist for treatment. Others work as advocates by educating the community about car safety and the benefits from school breakfast (Career Cruising).
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In the future, I wish to obtain an occupation in the medical field. I would like to start out by working for a Biology major and working in a premedical field in college where I can use my interest in medicine and my curiosity for knowledge to gain insight that would be needed to become a helpful doctor in the medical field. As I move along in my career, I would like to work my way through the pathway so that I can expand my skills in healing others, such as diagnostic abilities, effectively giving treatment and so on. I want to learn as much as possible so I can fulfill my ultimate dream of helping others that need answers to their medical problems and so that more people can live happily and healthily in the world. I hope to bring happiness to others and allowing people to live comfortably.
When Hippocrates discovered that the growing and maturing organisms needed a special attention ─rather than the already developed organisms─ hospitals began creating separate shelters for children to be cared for in. At this time, “…the world had no idea they would be saving so many lives in the future” (Hope Lives Here). In the year of 1802, Hôpital des Enfants Malades (French for Hospital for Sick Children), was opened in Paris to separate the children from the adults. “Before these buildings were opened, most illnesses that children contracted were treated at home because infants and children admitted to adult hospitals of...
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They care from twelve to twenty as the age limit. The medical PR actioner that specialize in this area is a pediatrician. Pediatrician manage medical conditions affecting babies, children and young people. Pediatrician and family medicine are doctor they both attend a college and medical school. Both have license to practice in hospital and some are board certified in their specialties. Pediatrician and family medicine doctor care for newborn baby, children and adolescent. They diagnose disease and Injury. Both doctor work at the hospital. They have the same skills and they have passion in their work. Family medicine works long hour than the pediatrician. They both have strengths to complete their task on a daily basis. (“Greenwood
... and community groups and other organizations that provide outpatient services for children. (ExploreHealthCareers.org) Since you're working 60 hours a week, you can be awakened at all hours of the night or being asked to come in at irregular times to work on a patient. (http://www.healthcaresalaryonline.com/pediatrician-job-description.html)