The Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children is a full-service pediatric hospital with 190 beds, of which 100 beds are medical/surgical. The hospital offers all of the specialties of pediatric medicine, surgery, and dentistry. In addition to the hospital beds, there are several general pediatric and specialty clinics on campus. The inpatient pharmacy is a 24hr, 7 day a week operation that processes an average of 600 orders a day. Also, there is an associated outpatient pharmacy that provides full prescription services to patients and employees.
This staffing orientation rotation is a required rotation experience. This learning experience is designed to develop the resident’s skills in order to adequately process a wide variety of provider orders. At the end of the rotation, the resident will attain training to allow him/her to process pediatric medication orders in a safe and efficient manner. The rotation will also help the resident improve their ability to communicate to nursing and the medical teams. In addition, residents will learn how to supervise technical staff.