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Pediatric nurses are registered nurses rns or advanced practice registered nurses aprns who decide to pursue specialty training in pediatrics doing so allows them to take on roles in which they can work specifically with babies toddlers tweens and teens pediatric rns may work in a hospitals pediatric department for example. Pediatric nurses care for children and adolescents up to 21 years old becoming a pediatric nurse requires graduating from a nursing program and becoming a licensed registered nurse rn there are. Editorial advisory board member o nursing made incredibly easy nursing made incredibly easy september october 2011 volume 9 issue 5 p 4 doi 101097 01nme0000403194681681e free metrics figure children they arent just miniature adults their bodies function differently absorb medications differently and process thoughts