The Pediatric Nurse Residency concentrates on a ten week orientation phase coupled with an additional six to fourteen week phase focusing on unit specific training.

Once hired into the Pediatric Nurse Residency, your first nine weeks will be spent learning from Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital content experts (and future colleagues) on subjects ranging from pediatric care specialties to wellness management. In addition, you will experience clinical rotations in each of our areas of pediatric care to acclimate you to the different patient population and environments in our Acute Care, NICU, PCCU, and Peds Ed units.


After the ninth week, it is our goal to pair you with the unit best suited to your interests and skills based on your clinical rotation observations. For the remainder of the Pediatric Nurse Residency, you will transfer to a designated unit to increase your skill level while remaining under the guidance of preceptors and unit educators. Acute Care areas include six to eight weeks of additional orientation, while intensive care areas (NICU, PCCU, and Peds ED) require twelve to fourteen weeks. We not only assist you clinically, we commit toan additional 27 hours of professional support with topics such as ethics, evidence-based practice and professional development.

Vanderbilt Childrens Hospitals Pediatrics Nurse Residency has been successful with our graduates by increasing their confidences as a new nurse, skill level, and ability to provide the best patient care.

APPLICATION PACKET REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINES

Please note: All paperwork must be submitted to the Medical Center Recruitment office address listed below as a complete packet. Materials will not be accepted if submitted as separate documents.

APPLICATION PACKET:

To be considered for the Pediatric Nurse Residency, please apply on-line at www.mc.vanderbilt.edu (choose "Career Opportunities," "Human Resources-Jobline" and enter Pediatric Nurse Residency Program in the "Key Word" description). The RN Pediatric Nurse Residency job listing will only be accessible when the Pediatric Nurse Residency is accepting applications--and not before or after. Anticipated date of graduation must be stated on resume.
--After your online application is received and it is determined you have the qualifications to be considered for the Pediatric Nurse Residency program, you will be sent an application packet via email that you will need to complete and submit by the deadline.