Hiring and Mentoring Graduate Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit

In Brief 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. Due to the nursing shortage, many hospitals areallowing new graduates to work in critical care units. This article provides descriptions of new role models to help the new graduates when they transition from school to the clinical setting.