missalfie1 replied to mark1973's topic in Critical
"Quote from ghillbert . *** I work in a large 26 bed SICU and we pretty much only hire new grads. Of course we will hire experienced ICU nurses but almost never do they hire med-surg nurses. We have a 7 month nurse residency program for new grad...
missalfie1 replied to mark1973's topic in Critical
Feb 16, '10 by medicalma'am's "My hospital hires graduate nurses into ICU. We have a three month (at least) preceptorship and critical care classes once a week. Once I was on my own the stress level was high. I had loads of experienced n...