Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Emergency Department Nurse
Transition program is a ten-month two-part training program
that prepares experienced acute care nurses to practice in
the ED.
Jean Proehl is responsible for clinical
leadership and educational programs in the Emergency Department
and she will be managing your training. Jean is the Chairperson
of the Academy of Emergency Nursing, and a well-known speaker
on Emergency and Trauma Nursing. She is editor of the Advanced
Emergency Nursing Journal, the author of Emergency Nursing
Procedures, Adult Emergency Nursing Procedures, Emergency
Nursing: A Physiologic and Clinical Perspective, and Mosby's
Emergency Department Patient Teaching Guides. Jean is a contributing
author for Mosby's Emergency & Transport
Nursing Examination Review, a contributing author for Trauma
Nursing Core Course Provider Manual and the content editor
of Emergency Nursing Secrets. Jean is also the author of numerous
journal articles on emergency nursing.
The first part of the program is a four-month training that
builds the critical care skills and knowledge you will need
in the ED. The training you receive is tailored to your background.
You will learn to start IVs, read cardiac monitors and work
with children.
Your training will take place in critical care units, the
IV team, pediatric clinics, the CHaD Pain Free program and
in classes. You will take classes on dysrhythmias, Advanced
Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Management of Aggressive Behavior
(MOAB). During this time, you will maintain a connection with
the ED and build familiarity with it through shadowing.
The second part of the training is a six-month Emergency Department
Transition Program that takes the baseline of skills you have
developed and uses on-line modules, classes, skills labs, simulation
lab, and an extended preceptorship program to add the skills
you need to succeed in the Emergency Department.
The ED treats all ages of patients, all acuities and all conditions.
So, you need to be prepared to do everything from irrigating
ears to assisting in opening up a chest. During the second
phase of the program you will have classes one day a week,
clinical days three days per week, and homework. On your class
days you will work in the Simulation Lab and on DHMC-specific
policies and procedures. During this time you will work in
other departments where you will be precepted. Classes include
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), and Emergency Nursing Pediatric
Course (ENPC).
After fifteen weeks of classes you will be precepted in the
ED. You will do 36 hours a week of precepted time, and the
length of your preceptorship will depend upon your skill level.
Once you have completed the ED Nurse Transition Program you
will have four certifications: ACLS, TNCC, ENPC and MOAB.
Apply today to begin your transition to Emergency Nursing
at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
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