Med-surge Nurse looking for Critical Care Training program

Sep 08, 2009 02:16 AM

by 2bnurse_it

Hello everyone.

I was wondering if any critical Care nurses out there were trained for this specialty after having 1 yr experience as a med-surge nurse?

Does anyone know of any California programs with Critical Care training programs for nurses with no experience, other than med surge?

thanks!

Promin1 · Nov 10, 2009, 02:46 PM

Re: Med-surge Nurse looking for Critical Care Training program

Check with the manager in CCU department of your hospital. Many times they offer cross-training to CCU for nurses from other departments. In my hospital they cross train PCU nurses to work in CCU, and usually don't cross-train nurses from other departments. But they may agree for you to get cross-trained at your own time (no pay). You may also consider reading AACN Core Curriculum for Critical Care Nursing.

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Med-surge Nurse looking for Critical Care Training program

Med-surge Nurse looking for Critical Care Training program

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