zipporahRN

I know this article very well! I gleaned a lot from it and am using it for changes we are trying to make. What I am looking to brainstorm now is how to stretch the precepters I have. I think that only the ones that want to do it and are good teachers should be doing the bedside training but we have a lot of training needs and they get tired. The hospital is ready to support whatever we need to make this program succeed. I have spent a year on nights simply mentoring new staff but I would like a better training program to take the place of that. I work in a CVICU and we are training new grads to work here, challenging for sure. And of course we work 12 hour shifts, not the best for training. NOt the best for learning. I'd love any ideas you have. How does your hospital open heart train there nurses?

I am really interested in this topic too. I have been filling in gaps by mentoring on night shift in a CVICU. Our precepers are burnt out and so I am trying to think outside the box. Hospital is hiring a CNS that should do my job and more. We work 12 hour shifts and carry the same patient load when we teach. Should new ones precept 12 hours? Anyone have any other ways of doing things?