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Nursing Residency Program

Arkansas Children’s Hospital RN Residency Program is accredited with distinction as a Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs.

The current sites included in this accreditation with distinction designation are: Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

The current workplace settings included in this accreditation with distinction designation are: pediatric medical/surgical, pediatric critical care units, pediatric oncology, pediatric emergency, pediatric operating room, and pediatric and adult burn unit.

This formalized residency program will greatly benefit its participants, the hospitals and the patients, especially in our ongoing commitment toward quality and safety grounded in evidence-based practice.

 

3D/3E Surgical

Common patient assignments are patients from newborn to young adult with the following illnesses: fractures, osteomyelitis, spinal fusion, Ilizarov bone lengthening procedures, congenital anomaly repair, Blount's disease, Perthes disease, developmental dysplasia of the hip, orthopedic trauma, ENT procedures, and various medical diagnoses.

3K Infant Toddler Unit (ITU)

Common patient assignments are patients from newborn to three years of age with the following illnesses: failure to thrive, viral respiratory illness, rule out sepsis, child maltreatment syndrome, long term ventilator patients, and multiple other general pediatric medical conditions


4C Medical

Common patient assignments are patients from birth to school age with the following illnesses: cystic fibrosis (both the newly diagnosed patients and those patients experiencing an exacerbation of their disease), nephrology conditions (such as nephrotic syndrome, end-stage renal disease, pre and post-renal transplant, patients who are requiring peritoneal dialysis), respiratory conditions (such as asthma, RSV and pneumonia), gastroenterology conditions (such as reflux and failure to thrive), and infectious diseases (such as Pertussis and influenza).Endocrine(such as Diabetes, New Onset and Diabetic Ketoacidosis) Eating Disorders (such as Anorexia and Bulimia)


4D Neurology

Common patient assignments are patients from newborn to 21 years of age with the following illnesses: epilepsy with 24-hour continuous VEEG monitoring, head injury, brain tumors, spina bifida, and spinal injuries.


5D Progressive Care

Common patient assignments are patients from newborn to 21 years of age with the following illnesses: head injuries, spinal cord injuries, multiple trauma, and pulmonary diseases.


4K Hematology Oncology

Common patient assignments are patients from birth to early adulthood with the following illnesses: blood disorders such as anemia, sickle cell anemia, thrombocytopenia, coagulation disorders, leukemia, childhood cancers, and other malignant diseases.


2D Burn Unit

Common patient assignments are patients from 18 months to 90 years of age with burn injuries.


3C Intermediate Care (IMU)

Common patient assignments are patients from birth to twenty-one years of age with the following illnesses: Respiratory Distress, Trauma and Head Injury, Sepsis, and Post-Operative Observation. Serves as Step Down and “Watcher” Unit.

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Common patient assignments are patients from birth to twenty-one years of age with the following illnesses: Critically ill Children with Respiratory Distress, Trauma and Head Injury, Sepsis, and Post-Operative States.

Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)

Common patient assignments are patients from birth to Adult with the following illnesses: congenital cardiac anomalies and rhythm disorders. Step Down and Intensive Care Unit.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Common patient assignments are patients from birth to two years of age with the following illnesses: respiratory distress, surgical anomalies, genetic defects, and prematurity.

Emergency Department (ED)

Common patient assignments are patients from birth to 21 years of age with life-threatening or emergent injuries and illnesses.

Operating Room

Common patient assignments are patients from newborn to adult with conditions requiring surgical intervention in services of: orthopedic, genitourinary, burn, ENT, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, plastic reconstructive, general, laser treatment, and/or dental.

Special Staffing Team/RN Float Pool ICU and Med.Surg

Floats to PICU, CVICU, NICU, ED, Burn, IMU, and all Med-Surgical units

  • Graduate from an accredited nursing program *ASN graduates who are selected will be expected to enroll in a BSN program within 6 months of completing the immersion period and will have 3 years to complete their BSN*
  • GPA 3.0 Preferred.
  • Selected candidates must pass the NCLEX and possess a permanent Arkansas or compact state RN license prior to the start of the residency