Seattle Children's Professional Practice Model
Our professional practice model, using the acronym CHILD, has five core elements:
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- Care delivery
- Healthy work environment
- Innovations and improvements
- Leadership and governance
- Development of nurses
Care Delivery
As we provide nursing care at Seattle Children’s, we develop family-centered relationships, where every patient is treated ethically and respectfully while advocating for equitable quality care for all, without regard for ability to pay.
To ensure excellence in patient care, we base our care on the most current evidence-based practices as well as the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.
Healthy Work Environment
We advocate for the well-being of the mind, body and spirit for ourselves, our colleagues and our patients and families, both at the point of care and in the broader community, by creating healthy, caring environments. Relationships with multidisciplinary colleagues are collaborative and supportive.
Innovation and Improvement
As a premier research and teaching facility, we provide opportunities for innovation in clinical practice, operations and learning and development.
Innovation and Improvement encompasses:
- Evidence Based Practice
- Research
- Nursing Quality
- Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI)
- Dissemination of knowledge through presentation and publication
Nursing research
The Center for Pediatric Nursing Research provides resources for nurses in every position to lead and participate in research so they can contribute to new knowledge. We provide support for protocol development, Institutional Review Board approval, grant applications, statistical analysis and dissemination of findings through presentations and publication.
Leadership and Governance
Through professional governance, clinical nurses collaborate with nurse leaders and other disciplines, making decisions that affect nursing care.
Developing strong leaders – both in clinical nurse and management roles – is integral to achieving our goal of being leaders in pediatric nursing.
Professional Development of Nurses
We are dedicated to the advancement of pediatric nursing practice through the development of every nurse, from nursing students to executive nursing leaders.