To become a pediatric nurse, you must complete additional training beyond what is required to be licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) and may choose to earn the Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN) credential. Educate patientsâ families and caregivers about procedures, treatments and other types of medical care.
Skin has three layers: The epidermis, the outermost layer of skin, provides a waterproof barrier and creates our skin tone. The dermis, beneath the epidermis, contains tough connective tissue, hair follicles, and sweat glands. The deeper subcutaneous tissue (hypodermis) is made of fat and connective tissue.
epidermis. n. 1. (Biology) Also called: cuticle the thin protective outer layer of the skin, composed of stratified epithelial tissue. 2. (Anatomy) the outer layer of cells of an invertebrate.3. (Botany) the outer protective layer of cells of a plant, which may be thickened by a cuticle.tratum granulosum-the layer of epidermis just under the stratum corneum or (on the palms and soles) just under the stratum lucidum; contains cells (with visible granules) that die and move to the surface. malpighian layer, rete Malpighii, stratum basale, stratum germinativum-the innermost layer of the epidermis.