Transplants include heart, kidney and liver. Full interdisciplinary team involved in patient care areas, such as OT, PT, dietary, pharmacy and chaplains. Rotators generally work two months on days and one month on an off-shift. General SICU orientation is three months, facilitated by an orientation coordinator, during which the orientee is paired with a preceptor.
Checklists provide structure and consistency to the process.
Orientation includes self study and three days of in-class critical care course and basic cardiac dysrhythimia class. Registered Nurses, Patient Care Technicians, Nurse Practitioners for Interventional Cardiology and PPH patients, Attending and Resident Physicians. Four-eight week orientation for experienced nurses. Staff attend the Basic Cardiac Dysrhythmia Class and select portions of the three day Critical Care Course. Population also includes patients with organ rejection and left ventricular assist devices.