The Pediatric RN Residency Program offers simulation lab training, which uses computerized manikins that mimic real-life medical emergencies

The BAYADA Pediatrics Registered Nurse (RN) Residency Program recently earned accreditation with distinction as a Practice Transition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). BAYADA is the only home care company to achieve accreditation.

BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty practice of BAYADA Home Health Care, provides nursing care at home and school for children from birth through adolescence with a wide range of complex medical needs. BAYADA introduced the RN Residency Program in 2014 with the goal of preparing recent nurse graduates to transition into a professional nursing role in pediatric home care. In 2017, BAYADA expanded the Residency Program to include recent Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) graduates.

Pictured (from L to r) are Tara Montage, her daughter Mary, and New Jersey Assembly candidate for the 7th district Carol Murphy

Mary Montague, 20, of Burlington, NJ, who was born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), recently welcomed New Jersey Legislative District 7 assembly candidate Carol Murphy to her home to witness, first-hand, the vital role that home care nurses play in her daily life.

SMA is a genetic disease that affects the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord, taking away the ability for those with the disease to walk, eat, or breathe on their own. Since birth, Mary’s parents, Tara and Jim, have relied on nursing care at home to help with their daughter’s complex medical needs. However, it has become increasingly difficult to find nurses to cover the 16 hours of insurance-authorized care that Mary is eligible for every day.

 BAYADA Simulation Lab Director Heather Kuzara, RN, trains Temi Brown, LPN. The BAYADA Pediatrics simulation lab

BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty practice of BAYADA Home Health Care, recently celebrated the grand opening of their first pediatrics office in Arizona. BAYADA provides nursing care at home and school for children with special needs from birth through adolescence in Maricopa County. The new office is located at 706 East Bell Road, Suite 111, in Phoenix.

BAYADA Pediatrics Nurse Jeanne Langley, LPN, loves the new user-friendly electronic documentation system called BAYADA Pediatrics Care Connect

BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty practice of BAYADA Home Health Care,has partnered with doForms, a leading provider of workflow automation software, to develop and release an electronic documentation system called BAYADA Pediatrics Care Connect to its more than 5,500 pediatric health care professionals. BAYADA provides nursing care at home and schoolto over 6,000 children annually  from birth through adolescence who have a wide range of complex medical diagnoses.

BAYADA Pediatrics Director of Special Program Development Deb Boroughs, RN, MSN, authored an article that was published in the national online medical journal, Children. The article, ”An Evaluation of a Continuing Education Program for Family Caregivers of Ventilator-Dependent Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)”, appears in a special issue on complex health and care needs. BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty practice of BAYADA Home Health Care, provides nursing care at home and school for children with catastrophic medical needs.

BAYADA Nurse Cindi Fitzpatrick loves the one-on-one care with her client Leeanna

BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty practice of BAYADA Home Health Care, is hosting a career fair open house. The free event will be held on Wednesday, January 25, from 10 am to 4 pm, at PA CareerLink at Sunbury, Room 311, 225 Market Street, Sunbury, PA.

BAYADA Staff pictured during the "98.1 WOGL Loves Our Kids Radiothon to benefit CHOP are (from l to r) Pediatric Home Care Liaison Ezra Hill, Clinical Manager Susan Coder, RN, Transitional Care Manager Susan Eckert, RN, Client Services Manager Lorriane Eschert, Administrative Assistant Amy Eschert, Clinical Manager Virginia Savarese, RN, Transitional Care Manager Mary Simrell, RN, Transitional Care Program Director Mary Ellen Garofalo, MSN, RN, CRRN, SPHR, with WOGL on-air personality Harvey Holiday.

BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty of BAYADA Home Health Care, presented a $1,500 donation to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) as part of their sponsorship of the “98.1 WOGL Loves Our Kids Radiothon”. BAYADA staff were on hand in the CHOP atrium lobby, answering phones during the annual event which has raised over $7 million since its inception 15 years ago.

BAYADA Director of Pediatric Simulation Operations Heather Kuzara trains a parent in the simulation lab. Photo courtesy of Alejandro A. Alvarez, Philadelphia Inquirer.

Stacey Burling, staff writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, explores the unique program that BAYADA Pediatrics offers to better prepare parents of medically fragile children for emergency medical situations in the home. 

"High-tech human simulators have been a fixture of training for doctors and nurses for years. BAYADA Home Health Care is among those that are going a step further."

Read more at http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/philly/health&id=364413111. 

Simulation lab training using computerized mannequins to mimic real-life medical emergencies is part of the  Nurse Residency Program, which prepares nurses to care for children in the home.

BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty of BAYADA Home Health Care, is seeking candidates to apply for their post-graduate Pediatric Nurse Residency Program. This full-time, 12-week training program is designed to prepare recent nurse graduates for their transition into a professional nursing role in pediatric home care. The program is followed by a nine-month residency period as a pediatric field nurse.

Pictured during the "98.1 WOGL Loves Our Kids" Radiothon are WOGL Account Executive Mark Kaucher, BAYADA Pediatrics Director Brendan Dolan, BAYADA Clinical Manager Francesca Altamuro, RN, and WOGL Morning Hosts Valerie Knight and Frank Lewis.

BAYADA Pediatrics, a specialty of BAYADA Home Health Care,  presented a $1,400 donation to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)  in support of the 14^th annual “98.1 WOGL Loves Our Kids Radiothon” which has raised over $7 million to support patient care programs at CHOP since its inception.  In addition, a team of BAYADA employees served as phone bank volunteers during the Radiothon, held recently in the hospital’s main lobby.