I had the opportunity to take a critical care RN position at a LTAC (long term acute care) hospital. The nurse manager gave me pause when she told me that I would get 2 weeks of orientation. Hunh? Eventhough I am an experienced telemetry RN (6 years), I was a little put off by such a short orientation for changing from my specialty to such a high acuity specialty. Two of my colleagues told me that I should have taken it but to me that would have been putting my license and more importantly, patients in jeopardy due to my inexperience.
If you were me, would you have taken the position?