Definition of Pediatric Nursing
 •  It is the art and science of giving nursing care to 
  children  from  birth  through  adolescent  with 
  emphasis  on  the  physical  growth,  mental, 
  emotional and psycho-social development.
     Aims of Pediatric Nursing
 •  The main aims of pediatric nurse are to: 
 • Preventing child’s disease or injury. 
 •  Assisting children, including those with a 
  permanent disability 
 •  Achieve and maintain an optimum level of 
  health and development. 
 • Treating and rehabilitating children whom have 
  health deviations. 
    Pediatric nursing or child health nursing  is a 
   specialized nursing practice branch which deals 
   with the health of babies, young children and 
              adolescents. 
           Specialists  of  this  field  are  known  as  pediatric  nurse.  In 
    comparison  to  other  fields  of  nursing  practice  pediatric 
    nursing is very wide in scope. 
       In adult nursing there are different specialty fields like.
   - Cardiac 
   - Mental health 
   - Emergency care nursing 
        A pediatric nurse has to undergo special training in 
   child health and child behavior after their under 
   graduate studies where they are trained in child health 
   both in theory and clinical practices.
         Pediatric nursing also focuses on the healthy growth 
   and development of a child not only at a physical level 
   but also at mental level.
  In pediatric nursing education and awareness of the family members specially 
   mothers is a very critical and important aspects because child health is a 
  continuous process and it requires that families should be educated on how to 
    take care of child and provide them a healthy growth opportunity.