[header] How to become a pediatric nurse [title] Consider your suitability for a pediatric specialty. [step] Children are not just smaller adults, physiologically or psychologically. Their growing and changing bodies (and minds) require particular types of care and distinctive ways of providing it. 
Not all nurses, even exceptional ones, are cut out for pediatrics. [substeps] First and foremost, you must embrace the challenges and rewards of working with children.