title: Hiring and mentoring graduate nurses in the intensive care unit.
abstract: Critical care units must often hire graduate nurses to staff their units. To provide new graduates with the education and experience that they need to independently practice in critical care, mentors are recommended to be assigned to new nurses. These role models help the graduate nurse to grow into the critical care role.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, D'Youville College, 320 Porter Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14201, USA. ihlenfjt@dyc.edu
authors.forename: Janet T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Ihlenfeld
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support; D012951:Socialization