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Celia Cervantes November 4, 2012 Neonatal Nurse and Pediatrician
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Advantages Neonatal Nurse You get to see your patients and their families leave the hospital grinning ear to ear with love, anticipation, excitement and nervousness! Excellent Job Security Excellent Pay and Benefits Helping To Improve Lives Pediatrician Working with a variety of children and families Helping children to become better or manage their illness Potential to earn very high salaries Flexible work schedules Seeing a patient progress is rewarding
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High School Courses Neonatal Nurse English Math Science Biology Health Any other language Pediatrician Child development Math Science English Any other language Health
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Cost of Colleges $$$$$ Neonatal Nurse 40-credit anywhere from $8,000 to $40,000 on neonatal nursing tuition For a 60-credit $12,000 to $60,000 Neonatal nursing school costs all depend the school. High end of neonatal nursing tuition, private universities can charge as much as $1,000 per credit; on the low end, state universities charge about $200 per credit for residents and $500 per credit for nonresidents. Pediatrician Ball state: total money is $18,700. IU: state resident $ 270.70, nonresident $ 663.95 College - 4 years: $ 20,000 - $100,000 total Medical School - 4 years: $100,000 - $160,000 total Residency - 3 years: Income of $30,000 - $40,000/year
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Schools Available and Location Neonatal Nurse Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing 511 N.E. Greenleaf St., Peoria, IL 61603 University of Florida 355 Tigert Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794 Duke University Durham, NC 27708 University of California - San Francisco 500 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143 Pediatrician Harvard University Boston, MA University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
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Expected Salary Neonatal nurse One to four years of work experience $61,674 to $81,827 as of July 2009. five to nine years of experience was $67,520 to $84,570 in July 2009. 10 to 19 years of experience in the field was $80,901 to $104,313 in July 2009 20 years of work experience or more, their maximum average salary increased to $111,831 as of July 2009 median annual salary of $50,919 Neonatal Nurse, Average Salary: $74,000 Pediatrician A starter will begin with $135,000 a year and overall average is $175,000 a year.
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How Long Will This Take? Neonatal Nurse Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, typically a 4- year program. master’s program in neonatal nursing, typically lasting 2 years. it will take approximately 6 years to become a neonatal nurse. Pediatrician Four years of college Four years of medical school One year of a Pediatrics internship Two years of a Pediatrics residency
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Disadvantages Neonatal Nurse Physically Demanding Heartbreaking Cases Long hours Sick infants High stress Pediatrician Seeing clients become ill, suffer or even pass away Working long hours Working on weekends and holidays Being on call Anonymous
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What's Best For Me What I think would be best for me is being a Neonatal Nurse. Working with premature babies will be very rewarding. Here are my reasons why. I get to see premature babies grow and get healthy. See them leave with their happy family. And know that I helped a baby make it as far as it did.
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