title: Extended critical care orientation program a recruitment/retention incentive.
abstract: The Prince of Wales, Prince Henry, and Prince of Wales Children's Hospital offered an Extended Critical Care Orientation Program for the first time in 1990. This program included pre-course worksheets, a five day lecture series and an Individual Clinical Learning Contract. This paper will consider the impact that the program has had on the critical care units involved. Ongoing evaluation questionnaires indicated that the program was successful. The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants. Early figures have indicated that at twelve months post program, the overall retention rate was 71%, compared to 41.1% in the twelve months prior to program commencement.
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Harding
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003422:Critical Care; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000193:education*