PEDIATRIC NURSE

Pediatric Nurse

Meinhardt Angelina

Index

Typical Challenges

Differences/ Similarities

Why this Job?

Main Characteristics

Job Market

Sources

Why did I choose this Job?

• Always interested in health care/human biology

• My mom was a nurse in her home country + registered/licensed geriatric nurse in Germany

Main Charactersistics

General

Characteristics

• Taking patient vital signs, measurements and medical histories

• Drawing blood samples
• Requesting and conducting diagnostic tests

• Administering medication
• Maintaining accurate and detailed records
• Consulting with other health care providers
• Educating patients on how to manage their conditions

• Sharing relevant patient information at shift change such as admissions, discharges and changes in patient's conditions

• Sanitizing and assembling medical equipment
• Checking and counting medication

• Administering wound care
• Providing emotional support to patients and their families

Main Charactersistics

Specific

Skills and qualities

• Leadership qualities
• Compassion
• Communication Skills
• Critical thinking
• Active listening
• Empathy

Typical Challenges/Difficulties

• Physically demanding: up on your feet the whole day
• Mentally demanding: depending on the facility you connect with the patient and under bad circumstances the patient passes away at a young age
• You have to deal with the parents/legal guardian (some of them are unpleasant/rude)
• A lot of responsibilities/ a lot of independency is recquired even though you have a team

The job Market in the UK

• around 77,000 trained nurses left their nursing job

• around 90,000 vacancies

The International Job Market

• The global nursing workforce is 27.9 million, of which 19.3 million are professional nurses.

• There are 5.9 million estimated nurse vacancies

• 44% consider quiting their job

Differences and similarities in Germany and the UK

Differences

Similarities

• Education:

UK: Nursing education program, training, or apprenticeship + university 3-4 years

• Germany: Vocational school + apprenticeship/training system is different

3 years

• Daily Job doesn´t really differ

• Salary w/ 1-4 year of Experience:

• Salary after 10+ of Experience:

• Work hours: both have 8 hours shifts

UK: £ 25,023 /year Germany: £ 24,965 /year

UK: £ 33,045 /year Germany: £ 34,489 /year

Sources

General Facts: https://www.academicrelated.com/how-become-nurse-uk/#:~:text=%20STEPS%20TO%20BECOME%20A%20NURSE%20IN%20UK,you%20get%20a%20license%20or%20work...%20More%20 Main Characteristics: https://onlinenursing.duq.edu/blog/essential-characteristics-nurse/#:~:text=%20The%20Essential%20Characteristics%20of%20a%20Nurse%20,excellent%20communicators%20with%20both%20patients%20and...%20More%20 Job Market UK:https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/nhs-nurse-vacancies-in-england-rise-to-more-than-43000-08-10-2019/ Statistic: https://www.statista.com/statistics/318922/number-of-nurses-in-the-uk/ Job Market International: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331673/9789240003293-eng.pdf#:~:text=The%20global%20nursing%20workforce%20is%2027.9%20million%2C,of%20which%2019.3%20million%20are%20professional%20nurses.https://healthcareers.co/nursing-statistics/ Salary UK: https://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Nurse%2C_Children%27s/Salary Salary Germany: https://de.jobted.com/gehalt/kinderkrankenschwester