Transition to Pediatric Nursing

Transitioning from adult care to the pediatric care setting can feel like a new world. Children aren’t mini adults — they have different medical and psychosocial needs, and their own way of communicating those needs. To help make this switch easier, and to prepare nurses and paramedics to work with children, we’ve created a special program for staff who have at least a year of experience with adults but little to no experience with kids.

What to Expect

This program helps you learn the differences between adult and pediatric care through both hands-on experience and online learning. You'll spend time in clinical settings with an experienced mentor and complete virtual classes during your first six months on the job.

Virtual Content

Virtual content serves as a crucial part of our training program. We cover essential topics like the unique medical, ethical and legal aspects of treating children. Here's what is included:

• Program and organizational introduction

• Magnet

• Differences in pediatrics case study

• Pediatric legal considerations

• Ethics and spiritual distress

• Service excellence

• Unconscious bias

• Pediatric emergencies

• Childhood abuse and neglect case study

The Transition to Pediatrics didactic courses are automatically assigned as part of the orientation process, which will vary in length relative to individual orientation needs and unit or area of hire.