Nurse Fellowship

When you arrive as a new grad, our six-month fellowship program provides the specific training to build the foundation you’ll need to become a neuroscience specialty nurse. Through didactic and hands-on learning opportunities, you’ll progressively build your skills and your confidence.

Our Program

Unit Orientation, Weeks 1 through 8

• Precepted on unit
• Lectures and skills sessions

Specialty Orientation 

• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Brain Rescue Unit
• Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

Lectures

• Anatomy and physiology
• Assessment skills
• Trauma education
• Clinical topics
• Nursing model of care
• Practice that emphasizes caring, compassion and healing
• Leadership development: communication, delegation, cultural understanding, Charge nurse class, preceptor workshop, NCIII Role

Enrichment and Direct Care

• Spend a day in the general operating room with our world-renowned neurosurgeons.
• Learn about a patient’s diagnosis in the Neurological Consultation Clinic or Neuroradiology.
• Observe brain cutting in Pathology.
• Accompany the multidisciplinary health care team members: respiratory therapists, shift coordinators and wound-care nurses.
• Observe diagnostic tests: EEG, TEE, CT, MRI.
• Understand the roles of the chief resident and the ED consult resident by following them throughout the day.
• Experience the care continuum by following patients across the neuroscience setting.
• Reflect on your fellowship progress at periodic group meetings.

Requirements

• Maryland RN license
• Confirmed position on Zayed 12 West or Zayed 12 East
• Employment commitment of 18 months from hire date

To Apply

If you’d like to apply for the Neurology and Neurological Surgery Nurse Fellowship or want more details, please contact:

Linda Huffman BSN, MSN
Neuroscience Nurse Manager, Zayed 12 East Neuroscience Acute Care
Telephone: 410-955-1046
Fax: 410-614-0339
E-mail: lhufma1@jhmi.edu