Clinical Orientation

Registered Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse Orientation

Week 1

• Monday (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) - Children's Mercy Orientation (CMO)
• Tuesday (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) - Clinical orientation (lunch provided free of charge on this day)
• Wednesday (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) - Clinical orientation
• Thursday (8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) - Clinical orientation, lunch & meet with department
• Friday (TBD) - BLS Class/RQI
   

Week 2

• Monday (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) - Clinical orientation
• Tuesday (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) - Clinical orientation
• Wednesday (TBD) - BLS class/RQI overview
• Thursday (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) - Nurse Residency Orienation (for newly licensed nurses only)
• Friday (TBD) - PEARS Class (tentative - for newly licensed nurses only)
  
  

Care Assistant, Nurse Tech, Medical Assistant, Patient Safety Tech, Paramedic Orientation

Week 1

• Monday (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) - Children's Mercy Orientation (CMO)
• Tuesday (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) - Clinical orientation (lunch provided free of charge on this day)
• Wednesday (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) - Clinical orientation
• Thursday (8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) - Clinical orientation, lunch & meet with department
• Friday (TBD) - BLS Class/RQI overflow
  
  

Non-Clinical Registered Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse Orientation 

Week 1

• Monday (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) - Children's Mercy Orientation (CMO)
• Tuesday (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) - Clinical orientation (lunch provided free of charge on this day)
• Wednesday (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) - Clinical orientation
• Thursday (8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) - BLS class (tentative - dependent upon job requirements), lunch, meet with department
• Friday - TBD

Directions to Children's Mercy Orientation (day 1)

For your first day, please park at 451 E. 20th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108. Our CM shuttle service will transport you from the offsite lot to the Children’s Mercy Research Institute for CMO.

Directions to Clinical Orientation 

For the remainder of your first week (and possibly into your second week), you will participate in clinical orientation which takes place in Crown Center. You will receive specific instructions about your clinical orientation schedule and location from your department director or Education Coordinator via email.

• The Crown Center parking garage is located at East Pershing & McGee Street, Kansas City, MO 64108.

  

  

• This includes access to all of the Crown Center office buildings (2400, 2420 & 2440).

• When you enter, take a ticket from the machine and put it in a safe place. You will not be required to pay for parking but will need this ticket to exit the garage when you depart for the day.

  

• You will enter on the gold level - stay on this level and locate a parking spot. 

• The Crown Center building locations are clearly marked by building number on the walls by the elevators. Try to locate a parking spot nearest your destination.

  

• At clinical orientation we will provide you a parking validation.

• When you leave the garage, you will be required to insert your ticket (the one you received upon arrival) into the machine and then scan the QR code on the parking validation. This will cover the cost of your parking for the day.

• If you have any issues with your ticket, please use the call button on the parking ticket machine and someone from the Crown Center Security office will assist you.

Attire

On your first day at Children's Mercy Orientation, you may wear scrubs or business casual - whatever makes you feel most comfortable. It can be chilly in the Auditorium where CMO is held, so you might consider bringing a jacket or sweater for extra warmth. At clinical orientation (the remainder of your training days), you may wear scrubs for all the training days. You will be on your feet for most of the sessions, so it is recommended to wear comfortable shoes.

Lunch

Lunch will be provided free of charge by Children’s Mercy at CMO and on Tuesday of week 1 at clinical orientation. If you have dietary restrictions, you will receive instructions on how to notify the CMO team. Please let us know of those restrictions as well by contacting us at ClinicalOrientation@cmh.edu. 

You will need to bring your lunch for all the other training days, or we have food venue options where you can place your order. We also have access to a refrigerator, ice, and water at the Crown Center classroom

Employee Parking 

Once you begin your role with your department, you will be assigned to a parking location, depending on your primary work location. Here's some information on various parking around the Adele campus.