The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Nurse Residency and Fellowship will start March 17, 2025. This program is tailored to fit the educational needs of both new nurse graduates and experienced nurses coming from other specialties.
This class is reserved for new nurse graduates with a graduation date no later than 12/31/24, and for experienced acute care RNs from other specialties.
The 12-month Pediatric Nurse Residency Program, also known as our Transition to Practice Program (TPP), is designed to provide the nurse resident with an opportunity to transition into the role of a professional nurse under the guidance and support of our clinical nursing staff, nurse educators and program facilitators.
The program includes a Human Resources orientation, a Unit-Based orientation, and acute and critical care tracks.
The acute and critical care tracks include curricula designed to augment the learning experience for the nurse resident through professional development and to achieve the overall goals of the program. The acute care track includes nurse residents from inpatient acute care, radiology, psychiatry and peri-operative services. The critical care track includes nurse residents from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department (at Sheikh Zayed Campus and United Medical Center).
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a 47 bed unit. This unit serves as a regional referral center and is a designated Level I Trauma Center for comprehensive care to pediatric patients and their families. The PICU Patient Care Management Team coordinates interdisciplinary patient assessment and patient care and provided by pediatric intensivists and specialty nurses in conjunction with multiple specialty services within the Medical Center. Patients are admitted to the PICU from the ED, Trauma Services, the Operating Room, and transfers from in-house units as well as transports from other institutions via the Pediatric Transport team.
Trauma patients comprise about 10%-15% of patients in the PICU. These patients often have multiple injuries or severe head trauma. The PICU is also a Pediatric Burn Center and receives referrals from the region. Other complex patients requiring general surgery, ENT, craniofacial, neurosurgical and other surgical subspecialties are also cared for in the PICU. Medical patients comprise 50%-60% of patients and include children with respiratory failure, meningitis or seizures, sepsis, multi-system organ failure and chronically ill children. Children with cancer also require PICU care for complications that develop as part of the underlying disease, chemotherapy or following bone marrow transplantation. Services are provided daily, 24 hours per day.
Qualifications
Minimum Education
Associate's Degree ASN (Required)
Bachelor's Degree BSN (Preferred)
Minimum Work Experience
0 years (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
The licensed Registered Nurse will successfully complete the hospital and nursing orientation at Children's National.
Identify resources and know when to ask for assistance.
Demonstrated leadership and management skills.
Identify self learning needs and seek resources to meet those needs.
Required Licenses and Certifications
Registered Nurse licensed in the District of Columbia, Maryland or Virginia dependent upon location of practice. (Required)
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) (Required)
Functional Accountabilities
Transformational Leadership
- Contribute to MagnetTM re-designation as evidenced by timely annual completion of professional profile and participation in relevant councils, committees, task forces and/or community outreach.
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills as evidenced by successful completion of change project.
- Recognize need to escalate patient care issues via chain of command.
- Utilize the currently identified process to ensure accurate hand off.
- Demonstrate ability to work cohesively with ancillary staff to meet patient care needs.
- Cooperate in the implementation of change and support management decisions.
- Demonstrate empathy, concern and a desire to be helpful to others.
Structural Empowerment
- Complete all mandatory education and regulatory requirements and participates in professional activities to enhance nursing practice.
- Participate in performance appraisal and peer review.
- Support department goals for formal education, national certification, national safety standards and service excellence.
- Work in a collaborative manner with all members of the healthcare team and is viewed positively by coworkers.
Exemplary Professional Practice
- Gather physical and psychosocial data on patient and family and complete accurate and timely patient assessment.
- Demonstrate clinical skills necessary to care for assigned patients.
- Develop assessment, organizational and prioritization skills necessary to care for patients whose clinical needs change throughout the shift.
- Complete documentation in accordance with policies and procedures.
- Continually assess and plan proactively for educational needs throughout hospital/clinic stay and before time of discharge.
- Organize care to complete assignment on time.
- Demonstrate caring in all encounters with patient and family as evidenced by feedback from parents and an increase in patient satisfaction scores.
Safety
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