About the program
The RN Exchange Program is a unique opportunity for nurses to seek, share and learn best practices with colleagues at other pediatric institutions. Candidates discuss similarities and differences in their work experiences and levels of professional development.
Home Hospital
The ‘home’ hospital is responsible for notifying the ‘host’ hospital of the selected candidate and covering the cost of travel and salary support.
Host Hospital
The ‘host’ hospital is responsible for developing a tailored itinerary and opportunities based on the candidate’s interests in addition to coordinating lodging and transportation throughout the stay.
After the Exchange
After the exchange, nurses provide direct feedback about their experience and complete a program survey. They also share their experience with their enterprise in a public forum and are provided resources to implement processes or a desired change rooted in evidence-based practice.
Objectives of the program
- Promote nursing satisfaction with a unique professional advancement opportunity
- Actively participate in quality improvement processes
- Provide the opportunity for clinical nurses to seek and share nursing best practices
- Provide multi-day opportunities to benchmark clinical practice, nursing work environments, leadership and networking
Eligibility
Any Clinical Nurse under the Department of Nursing & Clinical Care Services (this includes inpatient, outpatient, and specialty care settings) who possesses the following:
- Approval from manager to apply
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience at CHOP
- Greater than or equal to 0.5 FTE
- Active participation in enterprise-wide improvement processes
- Greater than or equal to “Fully meets” on performance evaluation
- No outstanding disciplinary action
Current Participating Hospitals
We are always looking for more children's hospitals to join! Since 2018, our goal has been to increase participation in our RN Exchange collaborative by one institution every year.
Alabama
Children’s of Alabama
California
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Children's Hospital of Orange County
Florida
Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami
Ohio
Akron Children's Hospital
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Pennsylvania
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Washington, DC
Children's National Hospital
Canada
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Ontario
Application
An electronic application is submitted internally to the RN Exchange Program Committee. Applications are reviewed on a first come, first serve basis and candidates are interviewed by members of the Professional Governance Department and RN Exchange Committee.
Questions?
Please email RNexchangeprogram@chop.edu with questions.