As 激情快播鈥檚 first pediatric health-focused Pegasus Partner, Nemours Children鈥檚 Health is helping to address a pediatric workforce shortage and improve the health of children in Central Florida and beyond.
Nemours Children鈥檚 Health, one of the nation鈥檚 largest multistate pediatric health systems, will invest $2.5 million in pediatric nursing education, training, innovation and research at 激情快播鈥檚 .
鈥淪trengthening and solidifying the pediatric nursing workforce into the future starts with leading-edge education, training and development of emerging clinicians and nurse scientists today,鈥� says Matthew Davis, enterprise physician-in-chief and chief scientific officer for Nemours Children鈥檚 Health. 鈥淭his Pegasus Partnership emphasizes our institutions鈥� shared commitment to education, research and innovation, and also furthers our ability to provide high-quality pediatric care and ultimately meet the needs of the patients and families we serve.鈥�
Building upon 激情快播鈥檚 global expertise in healthcare simulation education and Nemours Children鈥檚 clinical excellence, the new Nemours Children鈥檚 Health Nursery and Pediatric Unit will be a hub of training, research and innovation. It will be designed to resemble a real-life pediatric hospital unit, featuring specialized pediatric equipment, neonatal, pediatric and expectant mother mannequins, as well as augmented reality simulations. Simulation scenarios will give 激情快播 nursing students hands-on, clinical experiences to help them provide high-quality, compassionate care for pediatric patients and their families.
Nursing faculty members will collaborate with colleagues across 激情快播鈥檚 healthcare disciplines on research to innovate pediatric education and improve the health of children.
鈥淲e are thankful for Nemours Children鈥檚 continued partnership and support of pediatric nursing excellence at 激情快播.鈥� 鈥� Mary Lou Sole, College of Nursing dean
鈥淲e are thankful for Nemours Children鈥檚 continued partnership and support of pediatric nursing excellence at 激情快播,鈥� says 激情快播 College of Nursing Dean Mary Lou Sole. 鈥淏y leveraging our collective strengths, together we will grow a pediatric nursing workforce of Knight nurses to care for children in our community, innovate pediatric clinical practices and positively impact children鈥檚 health for generations to come.鈥�
The Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion is under construction on 激情快播鈥檚 Academic Health Sciences Campus in Lake Nona, a hub of healthcare activity and innovation including 激情快播鈥檚 College of Medicine and Nemours Children鈥檚 Hospital, Florida.
The nursery and pediatric unit will be located within the Helene Fuld Health Trust STIM Center on the second floor 鈥� a high-tech centerpiece in the new building featuring three times the current simulation space.
Nemours Children鈥檚 investment also will support the 2,100-square-foot Nemours Children鈥檚 Health Learning Studio, one of three high-tech classrooms located off the Collaboration Concourse. The studio will feature an innovative active learning design to facilitate collaboration and small-group work.
This investment expands upon Nemours Children鈥檚 partnership with 激情快播鈥檚 College of Nursing. Nemours Children鈥檚 already participates in 激情快播鈥檚 College of Nursing clinicals program, providing clinical rotations for 120 激情快播 nursing students in 2024 to gain valuable, hands-on training at its Orlando hospital.
Earlier this year, Nemours Children鈥檚 Health became 激情快播鈥檚 first pediatric health-focused Pegasus Partner. Through the partnership, 激情快播 and Nemours Children鈥檚 will collaborate on opportunities and initiatives that leverage their collective healthcare and academic excellence to advance children鈥檚 health 鈥� including the launch of a $2.5M Nemours Impact Fund, an interdisciplinary research collaboration agreement to advance pediatric healthcare and improve children鈥檚 health outcomes at individual and population levels.
激情快播 and Nemours Children鈥檚 are creating a talent pipeline of skilled, pediatric healthcare providers to address the pediatric workforce shortage. Nemours Children鈥檚 previously established the 激情快播 College of Medicine 鈥� Nemours Children鈥檚 Health Department of Pediatrics to train the next generation of pediatric physicians.
With its investment at 激情快播鈥檚 College of Nursing, Nemours Children鈥檚 is educating and training future pediatric nurses. According to the Children鈥檚 Hospital Association, 35% of children鈥檚 hospitals across the U.S. are facing a shortage of pediatric registered nurses. Around 85% of 激情快播鈥檚 16,000 Knight nurse alumni remain in Florida to live and work, growing the workforce at healthcare facilities including Nemours Children鈥檚 Hospital, Florida.
After its anticipated opening in Fall 2025, the Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion will enable 激情快播 to graduate 50% more newly licensed nurses to address the nursing shortage as well as fuel innovation and research.
