As the nation's third largest secular healthcare system, the North Shore-LIJ Health System prides itself on offering the highest quality nursing education and enrichment opportunities, including fellowship and extern programs. Designed to provide program participants with both didactic and intensive clinical training, these programs prepare nurses to become specialists in various fields at an accelerated pace. This thriving learning culture allows nurses at every level to receive the tools, support, flexibility, mentoring and clinical/educational resources needed to succeed in the challenging and ever-changing environment of nursing. Some of the programs we offer include:

Pediatric Care Nurse Fellowship Program at Schneider Children's Hospital

Open to both recent graduates and experienced nurses, the Pediatric Care Nurse Fellowship Program is specifically geared toward nurses new to pediatric care. With a primary focus on caring for the complex and multifaceted demands of critically ill infants and children within the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the fellowship includes a one-year, three-semester program designed to acquaint nurses with the full continuum of pediatric care.

The program includes three major components: (1) patient simulation experiences through the use of digitally enhanced, anatomically correct mannequins such as Sim Baby, Sim Man and Medi-Child; (2) didactic experiences and professional seminars including comprehensive pediatric assessment, developmentally focused pediatric patient care management, interdisciplinary collaboration and family centered care; and (3) direct care assignments that include hands-on experience working with infants and children under the guidance of a Master and Associate fellow nurse.

If you are a recent graduate or an experienced nurse looking to transfer into the exciting field of pediatrics, there is a place for you here. Apply Now! (keyword: fellowship)

The William Randolph Hearst Critical Care Nursing Fellowship

New graduates and experienced nurses may apply for our William Randolph Hearst Critical Care Nursing Fellowship. Offered at two facilities recognized for advanced instrumentation and superior medical services, including North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, this one-year, three-semester fellowship focuses on critical care within a selected range of specialties: cardiothoracic surgery, coronary care, medical ICU, neonatal ICU, neuroscience ICU, pediatric ICU and surgical ICU.

The program includes three major components: (1) patient simulation experiences through the use of digitally enhanced, anatomically correct mannequins such as Sim Man and Sim Ann; (2) didactic experiences and professional seminars that focus on comprehensive assessment skills, patient care management, interdisciplinary collaboration and nursing models of care delivery; and (3) direct care assignments across the range of selected specialties.

This program provides the education, resources and tools to advance to the next level. Apply Now! (keyword: fellowship)

Emergency Department Nurse Fellowship Program

The Emergency Department Nurse Fellowship Program is offered at numerous teaching and community hospitals across the North Shore-LIJ Health System, and is open to both recent graduates and experienced nurses. This one-year, three-semester fellowship focuses on medical, surgical and high-risk emergency care within the delivery room, cath lab, emergency medical services (EMS), intensive care, newborn intensive care, pediatrics and pediatric intensive care, psychiatry and stroke/neuroscience as well as a home base in the emergency department of one of the participating hospitals.

The program includes four major components: (1) patient simulation experiences through the use of digitally enhanced, anatomically correct mannequins; (2) clinical rotations within the selected departments; (3) individualized education and mentoring; and (4) professional seminars and education sessions that focus on current emergency nursing modalities.

We invite you to take advantage of this incredible opportunity! Apply Now!  (keyword: fellowship)

Summer Nurse Extern Program

Open to student nurses, our 10-week Summer Nurse Extern Program is offered to help prepare you to cross the bridge from student nurse to practicing professional. Inclusive of individualized orientation, hands-on guidance and inpatient experiences in acute care, pediatric and behavioral health, this program will ensure that you receive a solid technical and clinical foundation. Apply Now! (keyword: extern)