Critical Care Nursing

The Instructional Technology Department has been at the center of providing technolgical support and expertise for his project. HCA Affiliated East Florida Hospitals and Broward College are working in partnership to provide a program that includes basic arrhythmia, critical care and emergency nursing courses consisting of elearning theory and hospital clinical.

Each specialty training program is comprised of several courses, which include didactic and skills lab, as well as, a clinical preceptorship. The blended didactic courses utilize Blackboard/WebCT (BC's online learning management system) and are taught at Broward College, with a real-time simulcast to JFK Medical Center as the selected location for the distance classroom. The blended approach to learning will require students to attend classes daily with both on-line learning and face-to-face classroom activities. Upon completion of the classroom component, the student will complete a clinical preceptorship.

The purpose of this grant is to assist nurses entering into specialty areas with a structured program. HCA employees who are selected for enrollment into the specialty training program shall commit to a two (2) year employment period upon successful completion. Graduates from the program will receive college credit, in the form of an Advanced Technical Certificate, which may transfer to other colleges and universities.