| Reaching New Heights: Development of the Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program. | |
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PMID: 22193692 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVES: With nationwide resident shortages and decreasing resident shifts, and legislation decreasing resident work hours, the nurse practitioners (NPs) have been called upon to expand their scope of practice to encompass patients with immediate and critical conditions and to perform quick procedures. Most pediatric NP (PNP) programs do not have formal training for NP students to work in a pediatric emergency department (ED). METHODS: Senior ED NPs in collaboration with an NP educator developed a comprehensive clinical program to prepare a general PNP student to practice in an ED. The fellowship committee, met with 3 local university PNP program directors. The fellowship program targeted highly motivated individuals with an interest in working in a pediatric ED at the completion of their program as recruits for the position. RESULTS: Based on positive feedback, there has been overwhelming support and acceptance from the ED attending physicians, the NPs in the specialty clinics, as well as the ED staff regarding the new NP fellowship role. The NP fellow experienced less stress transitioning from student to NP. CONCLUSIONS: The development of the fellowship program is a step forward in the future training of NPs. The structured fellowship will hopefully facilitate a seamless transition from student to NP. |
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Jane R Varghese; Antonette Silvestri; Patricia Lopez |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-21 |
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Title: Pediatric emergency care Volume: - ISSN: 1535-1815 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8507560 Medline TA: Pediatr Emerg Care Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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From the Division of Emergency Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. |
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