If you are interested in joining one of our Critical Care Department teams, consider applying for the Critical Care Nurse Residency (CCNR) Program. This program gives newly graduated nurses, or those without prior critical care experience, the education and expertise needed to fulfill your position in the Critical Care Department you are hired into here at Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield.
The Critical Care Nurse Residency Program is an intensive six-month paid multi-modality program offering classroom education, simulation lab, online and on-the-job clinical training in a tertiary care environment.
Experienced critical care nurses are the primary educators, dedicated to providing a comprehensive and innovative approach to learning. The program leaders work collaboratively with nurse managers, supervisors, unit-based educators and other nursing colleagues to foster and support your professional growth.
Medical/Surgical Phase
This phase of the program may last up to 4-weeks and allows the nurse to achieve clinical skill development through assigned clinical hours to gain organization, time management, prioritization and care delivery of patients with various disease processes. This is supervised by a preceptor and nurse educator.
Critical Care Phase
Care of the critical patient during this phase allows the nurse to develop critical care skills, knowledge of advanced critical care issues, and advanced skills. Other experiences offered through clinical, online and didactic training. Nurses are in the critical care setting for approximately 36 hours per week to gain hands-on skill and knowledge in caring for the critical patient under direction of a preceptor and nurse educator.
Clinical Skill Development
This includes improving assessment and monitoring skills, application of critical care pharmacology knowledge, specialty equipment uses, medical/surgical pathology, technical skill building, admission and discharge preparations and critical laboratory interpretation. Participant also completes EKG training during the program.
Critical Care Knowledge Development
Advanced medication knowledge, trauma care, in-depth pathophysiology of various illnesses/injuries, organ procurement, critical care pathology, family dynamics in the critical care setting, ACLS and PALS certification for appropriate units as well as other pertinent professional certification requirements such as TNCC and ENPC.
