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- Step 1: Become A Registered Nurse
- Step 2: Gain Experience
- Step 3: Obtain ICU Certification
- ICU Nurse Growth Opportunities
To become an ICU nurse, you must first become a registered nurse (RN). You can either graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) from an accredited nursing program. You’ll then need to pass the NCLEX examination.
After becoming an RN, you'll need at least two years of relevant experience in an ICU environment. Take advantage of opportunities to work in a position that specializes in intensive care nursing at your place of employment.
The most popular certification for ICU nurses is the Certification for Adult Critical Care Nurses (CCRN), awarded by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. To be eligible to sit for the CCRN exam, nurses must meet the following criteria: 1. Practice as an RN or APRN for 1,750 hours in direct care of acutely/criticallyill pediatric patien...
ICU nursing can also lead to new career growth opportunities within the critical care field. For example, experience in the ICU can prepare nurses to join rapid response teams (RRTs). As an RRT nurse, you would work on a medical emergency response team, which responds to rapidly deteriorating situations on non-emergency units. You may also continue...
The aims of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing are to promote excellence of care of critically ill patients by specialist nurses and their professional colleagues; to provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for the publication, dissemination and exchange of research findings, experience and ideas; to develop and enhance the ...
Critical care nursing is the field of nursing with a focus on the utmost care of the critically ill or unstable patients following extensive injury, surgery or life-threatening diseases.
The aims of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing are to promote excellence of care of critically ill patients by specialist nurses and their professional colleagues; to provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for the publication, dissemination and exchange of research findings, experience and ideas; to develop and enhance the ...
Nursing in Critical Care is a peer-reviewed international journal publishing articles on all aspects of critical care nursing practice, research, education and management.
