The internship in Pediatric Critical Care Nursing is designed to provide the graduate nurse, or the nurse who is new to the Pediatric Critical Care setting, an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills necessary to care for critically ill children and their families. The course work consists of didactic and psychomotor skills education which covers a wide variety of health conditions and treatment modalities specific to the pediatric population. Children's Hospital provides a wide range of pediatric specialty services as a Level I Trauma Center in Middle Tennessee. As a result, the patient population is varied.
Students can expect to participate in the care of children with a variety of health conditions.
To recruit, develop, and retain nurses who have the theoretical knowledge base and clinical skills required to care for critically ill children and their families. Links contained on this page to information provided by other organizations are presented as a service and neither constitute nor imply Vanderbilt University Medical Center endorsement or warranty.