graduate nurse clinicals/practicum

Dayton Children’s Hospital offers many types of practicum experiences including pediatric nurse practitioners, masters in nursing (administration/education), clinical nurse specialist, and doctorate of nurse practice, to graduate nursing students. If you are interested please complete the application. Placement is based on the availability of preceptors and the number of requests for each semester. If you are also completing any type of project for school (DNP, BSN, etc), please complete the application as well. We need to coordinate any and all experiences. If you have any further questions, please email Beth Lee at leee@childrensdayton.org.

deadlines to apply for clinical experiences:

Spring (January-May): October 31

Notifications of placement will be sent out by the end of November

Summer (May-August): February 28

Notifications of placement will be sent out by mid-April

Fall (August-December): May 31

Notifications of placement will be sent out mid-July

graduate paperwork

Admin intent of relationship
BSN intent of relationship
CNS intent of relationship
DNP intent of relationship
MSN intent of relationship
NP intent of relationship
Public health form

all students

Student Acknowledgment
Health and liability form

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