The application of progressive training in the training for ICU nurses

Objective To explore the effect of progressive training during the period of training for ICU nurses. Methods Nurses with 3 years' working experience from Intensive Care Unit, ICU for emergency, ICU for neurosurgical and ICU for children of Heze Municipal Hospital from January 2012 to January 2013 were given the progressive training, and they were compared with the nurses at the training period from January 2011 to January 2012 at each phase.Specific methods included the following 6 aspects: theoretical lectures, Demo, videos show, clinical practice, case studies and stepwise evaluation(including personal self-assessment, evaluation from teacher and comprehensive evaluation). And the ICU nurses within incubation period were given the intensive training with plans, goals and focus on the basis of the combination of ICU theory and practices. Results The results of theory and practice exams, scores of the core capacity assessment and the quality of nursing at different phase before and after the progressive training were significantly higher than that of the traditional group.The difference was shown statistical significance (P<0.05). Conclusion Progressive training can improve the training effectiveness of nurses within incubation period and improve quality of care.So this method can be widely applied in the ICU training. Key words: Progressive; Training; ICU; Core competence