Who We Are
Children’s National Hospital, based in Washington, D.C., celebrates 150 years of pediatric care, research and commitment to community. Volunteers opened the hospital in 1870 with 12 beds for children displaced after the Civil War. Today, 150 years stronger, it is among the nation’s top 10 children’s hospitals. It is ranked No. 1 for newborn care for the fourth straight year and ranked in all specialties evaluated by U.S. News & World Report. Children’s National is transforming pediatric medicine for all children. In 2020, construction will be complete on the Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus, the first in the nation dedicated to pediatric research. Children’s National has been designated twice as a Magnet® hospital, demonstrating the highest standards of nursing and patient care delivery. This pediatric academic health system offers expert care through a convenient, community-based primary care network and specialty outpatient centers in the D.C., metropolitan area, including the Maryland and Northern Virginia suburbs. Children’s National is home to the Children’s National Research Institute and Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation and is the nation’s seventh-highest NIH-funded children’s hospital. It is recognized for its expertise and innovation in pediatric care and as a strong voice for children through advocacy at the local, regional and national levels.
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What Volunteers Do
Children’s National Hospital Mission Statement:
As the nation’s children’s hospital, the mission of Children’s National is to excel in Care, Advocacy, Research and Education. We accomplish this through:
- Providing a quality health care experience for our patients and families
- Improving health outcomes for children regionally, nationally and internationally
- Leading the creation of innovative solutions to pediatric health challenges
Children's National Hospital Vision Statement:
Children's National will lead the future of pediatric health through its clinical excellence, transformative research, innovation and service to the community.
Children’s National Hospital Child-Centered Vision:
By incorporating feedback from our families, we have developed our first child‐centered vision, which looks at the hospital experience through a child’s eyes.
- Healing a child’s body, mind and spirit takes more than medicine: it takes a team to fulfill a family’s dream
- My hospital is a bright and happy place that feels like home
- My providers, my family and I are a team, and everyone's job is important
- The way my hospital works is built around me
- My providers don't all look alike
- My hospital is my family's connection to everything I need for my health, whether they provide it or trail blaze it
Details
| (301) 565-8531 | |
| SSTALLINGS@childrensnational.org | |
| Shelby Stallings | |
| Assistant Director of Development, Children's Miracle Network | |
| http://www.childrensnational.org |
