Registered Nurse I (New Graduate Nurse)

About the Role

The Transition to Practice Program (TPP) is a 12-month program designed to provide the nurse resident with an opportunity to transition into the role of a professional nurse. This program is accredited with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation in Practice Transition Programs. It includes didactic and simulated learning combined with hands-on training in a clinical practice-based environment. The program aims to create a strong social network that fosters community, support, resiliency building, and professional development.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify resources and know when to ask for assistance.
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills as evidenced by successful completion of change project.
• Recognize need to escalate patient care issues via chain of command.
• Utilize the currently identified process to ensure accurate hand off.
• Demonstrate ability to work cohesively with ancillary staff to meet patient care needs.
• Cooperate in the implementation of change and support management decisions.
• Demonstrate empathy, concern, and a desire to be helpful to others.
• Complete all mandatory education and regulatory requirements and participates in professional activities to enhance nursing practice.
• Participate in performance appraisal and peer review.
• Support department goals for formal education, national certification, national safety standards, and service excellence.
• Work in a collaborative manner with all members of the healthcare team and is viewed positively by coworkers.
• Gather physical and psychosocial data on patient and family and complete accurate and timely patient assessment.
• Demonstrate clinical skills necessary to care for assigned patients.
• Develop assessment, organizational, and prioritization skills necessary to care for patients whose clinical needs change throughout the shift.
• Complete documentation in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Continually assess and plan proactively for educational needs throughout hospital/clinic stay and before time of discharge.
• Organize care to complete assignment on time.
• Demonstrate caring in all encounters with patient and family.
• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance.
• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation.
• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation.
• Demonstrate accurate, clear, and timely verbal and written communication.
• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors, and co-workers.
• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act, and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance.
• Contribute to Magnet™ re-designation as evidenced by timely annual completion of professional profile and participation in relevant councils, committees, task forces, and/or community outreach.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Registered Nurse licensed in the District of Columbia (Required)
• Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) (Required)
• ASN (Required)
• BSN (Preferred)
• Successfully complete hospital and nursing orientation at Children’s National.
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills.
• Identify self-learning needs and seek resources to meet those needs.

Qualifications

• Newly-licensed graduate nurses from an accredited nursing program with a passion for children.
• All new graduates with less than one year of clinical experience are eligible to participate in the program after obtaining licensure.