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Who We Are
The Center for Professional Excellence / Education at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center exists to develop, present and / or support educational opportunities and services that enhance the ability of our customers to deliver high-quality pediatric care. Our services include:
- Patient Services Orientation -- a program for new employees working within the Patient Services Department.
- Preceptor Program -- to equip health care providers with the knowledge and behaviors necessary to assist new staff to integrate into the institution.
- Continuing Education / Conference Planning
- Inservices
- Consultation with Department and Unit Level Educators
- Safe Sitter Program -- a medically oriented instructional series that teaches youngsters how to handle emergencies when caring for younger children. The goal of Safe Sitter is to prepare adolescents for babysitting and to reduce the number of accidental and preventable deaths among children being care for by babysitters. The child must be 11 to 13 years of age to take the course.
- Discussions in Delegation -- designed to clarify the Ohio Board of Nursing Standards and Rules on delegation as they relate to providers of nursing care, as well as enhance the ability of nurses to delegate nursing care to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP).
- Nursing Grand Rounds -- a monthly one-hour program presented by the Center for Professional Excellence / Education, the Nursing Education Council and the Cincinnati Children's Patient Services Department.
- Educator Boot Camp / Educator Field Tactics
- APN Pharmacology Series -- an every-other-month, one-hour program designed for the Advanced Practice Nurse with license requirements for Category D Continuing Education.
- RN Residency
- Student Services -- partners with affiliated colleges and universities for student experiences and faculty resources within the Division of Patient Services. Coordinates the Job Shadow Program that is offered April to December each year.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (OH-046/9-1-12) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (OBN-001-91).
Who Are Our Customers
The Center for Professional Excellence / Education at Cincinnati Children's provide educational events to interdisciplinary employees within the Patient Services Department.
Many of the classes offered by the Center for Professional Excellence / Education office at Cincinnati Children's are also open to community health care professionals.
Upcoming Classes / Seminars / Events
Here are the classes currently scheduled by the Center for Professional Excellence / Education office:
- Nursing Grand Rounds, 2nd Wednesday of Every Month
- A Vision of Hope: Integration of Palliative Care in Chronic Pediatric Disease ~Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Sickle Cell Disease April 6 or 7, 2011
- For overview click here: Vision of Hope (To view you need Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Safe Sitter Program dates for 2012:
- March 28 * Spring Break Session
- June 9, 11, 20 and 25
- July 19, 23 and 30
- August 7, 8 and 13
*Classes run from 7:45am-3:00pm. Register by calling Sharon Harley at 636-4232 option #4.
Contact Us
For more information please email The Center for Professional Excellence/Education cpe-ce@cchmc.org.
