Implementing ECCO
- Blends easily with other content or learning methods
- Considerate of orientation time restrictions and probationary periods
- Content adaptable to diverse nursing roles serving different patient populations
- Beneficial tools to aid preceptors
- Appropriate for phased implementation — content can be offered at the beginning of a probationary period or toward the end
Plan the Orientation Journey Using ECCO
Evaluate your orientation needs using our helpful downloadable self-assessment tool. AACN recommends collaboration with nurse managers and preceptors of units where new nurses are hired, to help identify the most important content for those units.
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Become Familiar With ECCO for Educators
ECCO is an interactive, case-based, comprehensive source for the didactic content trusted by more than 1,100 facilities in the United States and Canada to orient nurses new to progressive and critical care.
Become Familiar With ECCO for Educators
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What is ECCO
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Content & Design
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Features & Tools
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Educator Resources
Nurse starts with a preceptor and begins ECCO two to six months after hire
Partial completion of ECCO during orientation phase, with full completion prior to the end of the probationary period
- Nurse completes some modules as part of orientation and other modules prior to the end of probationary evaluation
Completion Time: ICU 52.33 hours, PCU 49.21 hours - Assigning topics from modules to support the blended learning activity of the week
Completion Time: Up to 21.53 hours for ICU or 20.1 hours for PCU - Large health system with multiple sites for orientation divided in two parts
Completion Time: Part 1 (ICU 42.63 hours, PCU 35.42 hours) and Part 2 (ICU 28.51 & PCU 23.79 hours) - Nurses in 250-bed community hospital complete portions of ICU track for cross-training purposes
Completion Time: ICU 33.03 hours & PCU 26.53
Full ECCO completion during the orientation period
- Union hospital, 11-week timeframe for multidisciplinary learners
Completion Time: ICU Track 68.1-75.45 hours, PCU Track 65.17-67.72 hours - Nonprofit community hospital, 16-week orientation with 18 weeks for ECCO completion
Completion Time: 75.45 or 67.72 hours over 18 weeks = average of 4.19 hours (ICU) or 3.76 hours (PCU) per week for ECCO - Long-term acute care hospital, ICU track module completion over 7-week period for nurses hired to LTACH ICU.
Completion Hours: 75.45 hours