Critical Care New Graduate Nurse Residency Program 

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[The SickKids logo appears on a white background] 

[The title displayed on the Critical Care New Graduate Nursing Residency Program webpage is circled with animation] 

Voiceover: The Critical Care New Graduate Nurse Residency Program is a competitive program designed to allow new graduate nurses interested in paediatric critical care to enter an orientation stream with a phased approach.  

Text on screen: competitive program designed to allow new graduate nurses 

[Three images of three different nurses flash up on the screen] 

Voiceover: The Critical Care Units include the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and the Cardiac Critical Care Unit.  

Text on screen: Critical Care Units, Paediatric Intensive Care & Cardiac Critical Care 

Voiceover: The critical care and inpatient units have collaborated to create a program that begins on the inpatient unit and transitions into the critical care environment over a one-year process. 

[Three images of nurses appear in three separate columns labelled Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3.] 

[A graphic of an arrow moves from left to right across the screen from text reading “Inpatient Unit” to “Critical Care Unit”]  

[Four images of nurses mentoring new graduate nurses appear in four quadrants of the screen]  

Text on screen: Mentorship, Feedback, Education, Support 

Voiceover: Throughout the program, nurses are provided with mentorship, feedback, education and support in developing the required clinical competencies to care for our critically ill patients. 

Text on screen: clinical competencies 

Voiceover: Graduates of the program will be supported to practice critical care nursing safely, competently and ethically. 

[A senior nurse looks on as a new graduate nurse practices caring for a patient] 

[A pair of hands wearing blue surgical gloves adjusts a tube] 

[A nurse wearing a face shield and surgical mask removes a stethoscope from around their neck] 

Text on screen: Safely, Competently, Ethically 

Voiceover: Phase 1 focuses on gaining the foundational knowledge and skills of paediatric nursing care. 

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[A yellow block with the number 1 appears on screen]  

Text on screen: Phase 1, Foundational Knowledge, Paediatric Nursing Orientation, Host Unit Orientation, Preceptorship 

[A mentor demonstrates performing chest compressions on a manikin] 

[A hand opens a textbook on cardiac critical care] 

[A nurse opens a drawer filled with medicine] 

[A senior nurse looks on as a new nurse practices refilling medication] 

[A senior nurse walks into a room with a new nurse]  

[The senior nurse pulls open a drawer as the new nurse observes] 

Voiceover: Phase 2 focuses on independent practice within your host unit while also starting to cultivate critical care skills through a variety of learning methods. 

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[A pink block with the number 2 appears on screen] 

Text on screen: Phase 2, Independent Practice, Independent Practice Host Unit, Shadow Shifts Critical Care, Transitional Learning, Simulations 

[The camera closes in on a nurse with their hair in two braids, wearing a blue surgical mask] 

[Close up of a heart-rate monitor] 

[A finger taps on the monitor] 

[Small, clear bottles of medicine] 

[A new nurse holds a bottle of medicine and looks at the label] 

[A hand wearing a blue glove holds a stethoscope on a manikin’s chest] 

[A new nurse walks into a room and pulls out a drawer of medicine] 

[The new nurse exits the room and looks at the bottle of medicine in his hand and nods to himself] 

Voiceover: Phase 3 is a progression into the Critical Care Unit and includes a comprehensive orientation program specific to paediatric critical care. 

[Music] 

[A blue block with the number 3 appears on the screen] 

Text on screen: Phase 3, Progression to Critical Care, Critical Care Orientation, Preceptorship, Graduated Independence 

[The doors to the Paediatric Critical Care Unit open] 

[Two nurses walk together through the Critical Care Unit] 

[A hand taps buttons on a machine] 

[Two new nurses practice caring for a patient as a senior nurse looks on and nods supportively] 

[The three nurses gather around a manikin to simulate caring for a critical care patient] 

[A new nurse and the senior nurse exit the room together] 

Voiceover: We look forward to speaking with you about this exciting career opportunity. 

Text on screen: We look forward to speaking with you about this exciting career opportunity! 

[Music] 

[The SickKids logo appears on a white background]