CVICU New Grad Onboarding Workbook | 6-Page PDF | 2026–27 Edition

From task competence to clinical judgment in the cardiothoracic ICU — a structured first-year roadmap for nurses new to the CVICU.

How to build a shift around what actually matters, the perfusion assessment that separates a stable patient from one about to declare, the questions worth asking your preceptor at each stage, and a dated competency ladder you can work through instead of guessing whether you are on track.

Built for the pocket and the break room, not the library — read one section a day during orientation.

Part of Cardiac Nurse Playbooks. Instant PDF download, yours to keep.

Educational reference material for licensed clinicians and students. Not medical advice, not a protocol, and not a substitute for your facility's policies or physician orders. Where this guide and your unit policy disagree, your unit policy wins.