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Nursing at Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Children’s meets the needs of
both the recent graduate and the experienced professional through
its clinical training and development programs. The hospital's
excellence in nurse training was recognized with a Magnet Award in
2003.
Nurses can attend designated
courses with pediatric nurses from other Houston-area hospitals. The
courses are developed collaboratively and are designed to meet the
common learning needs of nurses caring for infants and children.
Nurses may also gain professional experience through participation
in specialized work committees.
The Nursing Research Scholars
Program teaches nurses research skills that enable them to conduct
clinical research projects. The program begins with a research
course during the fall that provides either CEUs or graduate school
credit hours. The class is held each Wednesday from 3 – 6 p.m.,
September – December. The scholars program continues during the
spring (January – May) by meeting every other week on Thursdays from
8 – 9:30 a.m. to continue work on the scholars’ research project.
Established in 2003, the Nursing
Sabbatical Program provides two registered nurses with paid leave to
complete a project designed to enhance patient care and improve
organizational performance. Read more about the first recipients of
the sabbatical awards.
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Each year, several renowned nursing
scholars are brought to Texas Children's to present nursing grand
rounds and to conduct teaching rounds with nursing staff.
Nurses can participate in a variety
of training and development programs sponsored by the hospital’s
in-house Learning Academy. The Learning Academy offers programs to
help employees excel in organizational and job-specific skills.
Nurses have access to a specially
designed pediatric lab to learn new technical skills. They can
practice skills on pediatric mannequins in a lab setting with a
preceptor or educator.
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