title: Merging PICU and MICU: expanding nurse competencies.
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.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Coghill
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dominguez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Smatlak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kozma-Fornaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002017:Budgets; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*