Critical Care course

RN403, BSN, RN · Sep 17, 2015

A lot of online nursing programs have classes related to critical care such as Penn State online.

Also, if you look into the hospitals around you, especially teaching hospitals you might find that they have critical care courses that are actually for nurses planning to transition into the critical care role.

calivianya, BSN, RN · Sep 17, 2015

Essentials of Critical Care Nursing by AACN

Nursing Excellence Training (NEXT) by MED-ED

These are the two I am aware of. I don't think it's possible to purchase these as an individual, but I'm not sure. The thing about them is that if you get a job in critical care, it's possibly going to require one or the other of them. My full time job requires ECCO for people who haven't done critical care, and I even had to complete the NEXT modules as an experienced nurse at my PRN job, and doing these things twice would absolutely suck because doing them once is bad enough.

You might just want to start applying for critical care positions. The hospitals will have their own personal resources that they use to train people new to critical care.

nursefor · Sep 17, 2015

Thanks so much for your response @ RN403 I'll check into Penn State online and ive heard about essentials of critical care of nursing do you think its worth investing in @ calivianya, BSN, RN

nursefor · Sep 17, 2015

Thanks so much for your response @ RN403 I'll check into Penn State online and I've heard about essentials of critical care of nursing do you think its worth investing in @ calivianya, BSN, RN

PacoUSA, BSN, RN · Sep 17, 2015

If you're in NYC, I know Mount Sinai offers a critical care course, non-Mount Sinai nurses pay more to take it, I think its $500.

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nursefor · Sep 17, 2015

@PacoUSA, BSN, RN thanks for your response unfortunately NYC is too far from me but thanks anyways.