Cross-Training in NICU

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I'll be in the step-down nursery (Level II NICU I'm told) and the intention is to cross train me to the NICU as well so that I can take patients there should we have low census. Does that mean that the majority of my training will be done in the NICU since it's higher acuity?

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Specializes in NICU.

You should probably ask your employer what they're intending, we have no way of knowing.

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You should probably ask your employer what they're intending, we have no way of knowing.

I guess I'm just wondering if anyone has done it and what it looked like for them.

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Specializes in NICU.

When we get a float nurse or a med-surg or step-down nursery nurse, they are limited in the patient acuity they can take. It would take too long to cross-train someone to handle the higher acuity patient when they may be in our unit once or twice a month. You would lose the knowledge from lack of use.

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