title: Recruitment problems in intensive care: a solution.
abstract: This article examines the problems associated with recruiting nurses trained in intensive care. It discusses the solutions found at a large district general hospital intensive care unit (ICU). Nurses were employed as D grades and offered an intense training programme by the trust in an attempt to train its own intensive care nurses. This, along with early promotion opportunities, could provide a solution to recruitment problems in the specialty.
authors.affiliation: ICU and Pain Services, Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Lewisham, London. Carole.ambrose@uhl.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ambrose
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D003479:Curriculum; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D008131:London; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload