Nicklaus Children’s Horizon Nurse Residency Program Achieves Prestigious Accreditation with Distinction by ANCC

Published on: 1/10/2025

Nicklaus Children’s Horizon Nurse Residency Program is proud to announce that it has received Accreditation with Distinction through the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Practice Transition Accreditation Program (PTAP). This prestigious recognition is the highest level of accreditation awarded by the ANCC and is a testament to the quality and commitment of the program.  This milestone marks the third reaccreditation for the Program, which was originally accredited with distinction in 2017 and re-accredited in 2020.

ANCC’s accreditation process certifies and recognizes healthcare organizations that promote nursing excellence, quality patient outcomes as well as safe and positive work environments. The ANCC Practice Transition Accreditation Program (PTAP) sets the global standard for residency and fellowship programs that support the transition of registered nurses into the practice setting.

“Receiving one of the highest recognitions by ANCC for our Horizon Nurse Residency Program is a testament to our program leadership team’s expertise and dedication to ensuring our program remains a model of success,” says Shannon Odell, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. “We are proud to have been accredited since very early in the history of accreditation in 2017, demonstrating our continued ability to evolve and respond to the changes in the healthcare environment.”

About Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Where Your Child Matters Most ™ (2025)

For 75 years, Nicklaus Children's has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children serving close to 70 percent of children in the Miami metropolitan community. In addition, Nicklaus Children's offers care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center's De George Pediatric Unit and select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units. The hospital and its network of more of nearly 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin, and Palm Beach counties. These outpatient locations include an array of urgent care, pediatric primary care, and subspecialty care centers and are either hospital-based or outpatient locations under Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Providing a pipeline of future physicians and groundbreaking research, Nicklaus Children's is an academic and clinical affiliate of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nicklaus Children's is home to centers of excellence including the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute and Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. The 325-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with over 40 specialties, and an ambulatory surgery center.

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