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Surviving the nursing shortage: developing a nursing orientation program to prepare and retain intensive care unit
Debra A Cavanaugh1, Anita L Huse
1Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Tufts-New England Medical Center and The Floating Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
|December 9, 2004
Abstract:
The shortage of nurses has reached crisis proportions around the world. In response to a critical shortage of qualified neonatal intensive care nurses, one institution developed an educational program so comprehensive that they were able to increase their nursing staff by 20% and staff the neonatal intensive care unit with well-prepared and proficient nurses. This strategy has also resulted in high retention rates, a decrease in overtime, and a relatively low error rate by new nurses.