Orientation for all new nurses within The Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Neurosciences Nursing consists of formal classroom instruction plus 10 and a half weeks of professional nurse precepting. New nurse orientation includes:
- Neurosciences Critical Care Unit (NCCU)
- A combination of didactic classes plus weeks of precepted orientation
- Critical care core classes in addition to NCCU specific classes
- Zayed 12 East
- A combination of didactic classes plus weeks of precepted orientation
- Epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) education
- Zayed 12 West
- A combination of didactic classes plus weeks of precepted orientation
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) classes
- Brain rescue unit (BRU) education
In orientation, you will also receive instruction on the technology you will encounter in daily practice, including:
- Cerebrospinal fluid drainage systems
- PCA pumps
- Continuous renal replacement therapy


