Cross-Trained. A nurse is considered cross-trained when the nurse has completed orientation as above and has had extended training program to meet the criteria for functioning as a primary or secondary nurse in the alternate unit.
Cross-Trained. RN. A nurse who is fully oriented, trained and qualified to perform clinical duties in a unit other than the nurse’s regularly scheduled unit(s) (a “receiving unit”). Individuals designated as cross trained RNs are able to perform work at a level of competency comparable to the receiving unit’s regular staff Nurses interested in being reassigned in other units as cross trained RNs must first notify in writing the manager in the unit where they are regularly scheduled. The approval to be cross trained will be determined by the unit manager of the receiving unit, however, based upon present and/or future needs in that unit. Eligibility and competency of the prospective cross trained RN will be determined by the receiving unit manager. Before a nurse is listed as a qualified cross trained RN, the nurse will complete a full orientation, and successfully complete the receiving unit’s specific competency/skills check list for cross trained RNs. Cross trained RNs are capable of taking patient assignments, based upon the house supervisor and/or charge nurse’s assessment of the receiving units’ current patient census and patient acuity. To retain status as a cross trained RN, the nurse must also periodically work in that receiving unit and must annually complete the receiving unit’s cross trained RN unit- specific skills and competency documentation. Nurses are not considered cross trained RNs or to be reassigned when their assignments are changed within their unit, i.e., Telemetry and Critical Care Hardwire; OB and Nursery.
