Assessing the Effectiveness Between Nurse Educator and Clinical Coach Critical Care Training Programs for New Graduate Nurses in the ICU.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the differences in effectiveness between nurse educator-led and clinical coach-led intensive care unit (ICU) training programs for new graduate nurses.

Background: New graduate ICU nurses require substantial clinical training, which is often provided by peers serving as clinical coaches who have not been formally trained for an educator role. Our medical center successfully transitioned from a nurse educator-led to clinical coach-led model for initial ICU education after formally training the clinical coaches.

Consider case management.

Case management serves as an alternative career for advanced practice nurses.