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A critical care bridging program to prepare fourth-year baccalaureate students for specialty practice
Mary Lou King1, Mina Singh, Linda Harris
1Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London.
Background:
The preparation, recruitment and retention of qualified critical care nurses represents a major challenge in this era of health human resource constraints.
Purpose:
To assess the impact of a critical care bridging program (CCBP) on students' confidence (self-efficacy) to care for critically ill patients.
Method:
A convenience sample of students and their preceptors was used in this pilot study.
Results:
Student and preceptor mean self-efficacy scores showed improvement following the CCBP. Preceptors reported significant improvement in students' confidence in all subscales except self-development.
Conclusion:
Innovative educational approaches for the preparation of new graduates to critical care environments are needed.
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