Merging PICU and MICU: expanding nurse competencies

Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 1996 Mar-Apr;15(2):106-12. doi: 10.1097/00003465-199603000-00012.

Abstract

Unit mergers offer an opportunity for nurses to acquire additional skills. A model for unit mergers is presented. The authors describe how didactic and clinical competencies serve as a foundation upon which the nurse develops proficiency and expertise in a new subspecialty.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Budgets
  • Child
  • Clinical Competence*
  • Curriculum
  • Education, Nursing, Continuing
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units / organization & administration*
  • Interdepartmental Relations*
  • Models, Nursing*
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / education*