Critical Care Course prior to ICU job

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Hi all, just curious about any critical care courses available for a nurse looking for a job in the ICU. I currently have 1.5 med/surg tele experience and looking to advance to ICU. Several of my colleagues suggested to take a critical care course to help me land a job in the ICU.

It seems like the previous posts on AN said that the hospital would pay for theirs and enroll the new ICU nurse into a program that either the facility or another facility sponsors. I'm looking for a program an individual (me) can go through so that it would help me land a job in the ICU easier. I've tried googling for programs in NY or Online, but many of them seem to be for hospitals only.

Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg.

Both hospitals I've worked in have paid for the new ICU nurses to take ECCO (Essentials of Critical Care Orientation - as mentioned above). Before paying for a course yourself, see if you can find out what the unit provides for education.

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Specializes in ICU / PCU / Telemetry / Oncology.

FWIW, Mount Sinai in NYC offers the ECCO course to nurses not in their system at a higher cost.

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Is there Ny book you can recommend to review on for CCRN?

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