No hospital policy. Is it completely unhelpful to say ASAP, my ER seem to always be waiting on beds or orders or something like that so a specific goal has never needed to be set the the ER staff. But...
I agree with taking the PCU job. I have been a ER nurse for 3 years and many programs I have contacted want me to have ICU/CCU. I'm sure your could get experience taking care of critical care patients...