🚀 go-pugleaf

Any chance on some more information on this Frank. Our ICU would love to
hear about this. especially as they have 8 maternity leaves currently!!

Paul

Franz Obex <fobex@pflege-i.med.uni-muenchen.de> wrote in message
news:86n23n$jov$1@wsc10.lrz-muenchen.de...
> Hi Sue
> we had seriouse problems recruting staff for our ICUs.
>     After advertising for staff for more than 8 months without one single
> application, we decided to offer a special course from our inservice
> department which had a duration of three months. Those three months were
> split into one month theoretical introduction/education, one month
training
> in groups by a teacher and one month training on the job, guided by a
mentor
> on the ICU the participants worked later.
>     You cannot imagine how many applicants tryed to get a job (150). Some
of
> them were highly qualifyed (former ICU nurses with spoecial qualification
> programs), some of them had already worked on ICU and had paused for
rising
> their children, seeking an opportunity to get their feet back on the ICU
> ground, others just passed their exams and had become RNs.
> Although the 'Intenisfyed Initiation Program'  was rather expensive we
> didn't regret that we've offered it.
> Franz Obex MSc
>
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