Chemistry in The Pediatric Field
Jocelinne Galan
Chemistry in The Pediatric Field 1
Pediatric is a branch of medicine that deals with the development, care, and disease of babies and children. Pediatrics is a young specialty over 200 years old. It became a specialized area of study in the 18th century, when the first children hospitals were founded. Thomas
Sydenham (16241689), the English Hippocrates, wrote on scarlet fever, measles, smallpox, epilepsy, rickets, teething fever, scorbutus, and the chorea, known as the St. Vitus Dance. The first specialty organization was the Society for Infant Therapeutics, formed in Germany in 1883. …show more content…
Advanced training in pediatrics is also a requirement. Will also have to take classes in nursing, anatomy, psychology, physiology, chemistry and other sciences.
All nursing programs include supervised clinical work experience, traditionally in a hospital.
Chemistry is important in the field mostly to read the lab results. During World War II, chemistry was used to save blood samples. Today chemistry is used in the pediatric field to read the results of test for illnesses or physicals.
There are names that come from the chemistical unfinished sentence. In the future pediatrics cross megatrends that will change demographic of children and families, health information technology, medical advances, changes in the health care delivery system, growth in consumerdriven health care, dynamics of the pediatric workforce, disasters and globalism. Also shifts in the United States population demographics, family structure, income, and educational levels will continue to directly affect the health and wellbeing of children. ★ I liked how you went into detail about what the pediatric nurses do, their role in the field,
Chemistry in The Pediatric Field