Samantha Macino, APRN-CNP, and Emily Greatest, APRN-CNP, have been a part of Akron Kids’s first cohort for its APRN fellowship program in pediatric psychiatry and behavioral well being.
Akron Kids’s APRN Pediatric Psychiatric Fellowship Program was just lately awarded accreditation standing by the American Nurses Credentialing Heart. This premier accreditation for Superior Apply Supplier (APP) fellowship packages demonstrates excellence in supporting the transition of APRNs and doctor assistants into new observe settings. Akron Kids’s is the primary psychiatric pediatric fellowship program within the nation to obtain the Superior Apply Supplier Fellowship accreditation (APPFA)TM.
In line with Jenny Michel, director of the Superior Apply Heart, “Psychiatric Psychological Well being (PMHAPRN) packages are centered on offering coaching to deal with sufferers throughout the lifespan. Upon commencement, APPs could have had little or no scientific expertise working with the pediatric inhabitants.”
The aim of Akron Kids’s fellowship is to function an extension of a standard program. This gives fellows the chance to be taught alongside skilled suppliers and the remainder of the well being care group, to allow them to higher perceive the distinctive wants and challenges of caring for pediatric sufferers.
“As a part of their one-year fellowship, fellows collaborate with different behavioral well being suppliers and immerse themselves in different pediatric specialties and rotations, resembling adolescent medication, gender affirming medication and dependancy medication to assist assist their scientific observe as a supplier in behavioral well being,” Jenny stated.
“The aim of the fellowship is to assist Akron Kids’s recruit and retain high-quality candidates to develop psychological well being providers throughout all of our places all through the area,” stated Laura Abels, superior observe schooling coordinator. “There’s a supplier scarcity in pediatric psychiatry throughout the nation, and having a program that draws expertise to Akron Kids’s is a good way to make sure we’re filling open positions and sufferers have entry to the care they want.”
“Being accredited ensures the standard of our program and means our curriculum meets nationwide requirements,” Jenny added. “We now have a superb onboarding program for all newly employed APPs. Fellows obtain an prolonged onboarding and orientation expertise past what our new APPs at Akron Kids’s are at the moment receiving.”
Psychiatric psychological well being fellows are absolutely employed at Akron Kids’s and credentialed as members of the medical employees after they start the fellowship program. In its first yr, this system had two APP fellows. In its second yr, this system had 3 fellows and is at the moment starting the third cohort of APP fellows with 2 newly graduated PMHAPRNs.
Akron Kids’s pediatric psychiatric/psychological well being suppliers deal with sufferers presenting with numerous behavioral and emotional circumstances in quite a lot of settings together with inpatient, outpatient and emergency, and supply session providers when wanted. Psychological well being providers embody medicine administration, instructional session and testing, psychological testing, particular person and household counseling. The Psychiatric Consumption Response Heart (PIRC) is a service offered collaboratively by way of Akron Kids’s emergency room for sufferers experiencing acute psychological or behavioral well being issues.
Be taught extra about Akron Kids’s Psychiatric Psychological Well being APRN Fellowship program and different APRN graduate pupil experiences.
