title: Orientation to the critical care unit. The value of preceptor programs.
abstract: Effective orientation is vital to the critical care team in providing quality patient care in today's health care environment. Preceptorship is the ideal method of providing orientation, and preceptors are key to effective implementation of the program. With limits to the resources available today, modifications to preceptorship can improve the frequency of providing quality orientation.
authors.affiliation: Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Johantgen
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D011231:Preceptorship; D014481:United States