[Jamesdotter]

Year graduated: 1961
First job: Women's surgery and orthopedics in a county hospital
How long: 18 months
Why left: I felt I needed to get some experience in a private hospital. I'd had nearly all my clinicals in that same county hospital.
Orientation: None--I'd been working as a student (we used to do that in those days) on the same unit.
Residency programs? Not in those days.

[jmgrn65]

[quote=scchickadee;2306723]Hi. I am a 2nd semester nursing student and I need your help. I am writing a research paper on the effectiveness of new nursing graduate residency programs and job retention. I need data from all nurses - new nurses and veterans too.






What year did you graduate? 1992
What was your first job out of nursing school? Cardio-thoracic step down unit.
How long did you stay there? 5 years and then returned 7 years later
Why did you leave? ready for new experience, went to cath lab
Did you have adequate orientation to your new job? yes
Was there a nursing residency program available? no
If there was a nursing residency program, how long was it? n/a

[hlfpnt]

Originally Posted by scchickadee

Hi. I am a 2nd semester nursing student and I need your help. I am writing a research paper on the effectiveness of new nursing graduate residency programs and job retention. I need data from all nurses - new nurses and veterans too.

What year did you graduate?
What was your first job out of nursing school?
How long did you stay there?
Why did you leave?
Did you have adequate orientation to your new job?
Was there a nursing residency program available?
If there was a nursing residency program, how long was it?

Thanks for helping me with this information.

2006

Long Term Acute Care

Still there (1 year), but now only PRN as of a week ago.

I went PRN due to poor working conditions, high stress & going back to school.

I think the time frame was adequate, 19 weeks (all new grads), but I felt like some of the teaching was not.

No.

N/A

[jrbl77]

What year did you graduate?
What was your first job out of nursing school?
How long did you stay there?
Why did you leave?
Did you have adequate orientation to your new job?
Was there a nursing residency program available?
If there was a nursing residency program, how long was it

i graduated in 1977 and my first job was on a med surg floor at a 500 bed community hospital, i stayed at that job for 29 yrs, just left about a year ago. i could no longer tolerate what was being expected of the staff- the pace was unbelievable. my orientation was more or less here are the pts, go do the job and we did.

[NRSKarenRN]

What year did you graduate? LPN-1977; 1982-RN

What was your first job out of nursing school?
Inner city teaching hospital working 26 bed Medical/Resp unit, LPN charge nurse night shift. Reason chose to work there was staff appreciated students and spirit working together can overcome obstacles. Many of great staff I started with now in management rolls 25+yrs later.

How long did you stay there?
2 yrs then moved to 12 bed Resp/Telemetry unit same hospital
Applied and received education grant to help pay for BSN program

Why did you leave?
Started 12/12 Baylor WE in 86 after first child, worked perdiem homecare during the week. Transitioned to Hospice Program 91 within same healthcare system. Left that position to continue homecare part time till kids grown. Returned same system 99 in homecare.

Did you have adequate orientation to your new job?
Yes, can remember 2 wks classes, orientation days 6 weeks, then onto nights. Later attended ICU training and telemetry course. Took Resp ICU course on my own @ MCP--started when Bird vents in use now historical item.

Was there a nursing residency program available? No.
If there was a nursing residency program, how long was it?

[Cmariehart]

What year did you graduate? 2005

What was your first job out of nursing school? @ a LTCF

How long did you stay there? still there now

Why did you leave? still there now

Did you have adequate orientation to your new job? ::laughs:: NO!!

Was there a nursing residency program available? nope

[mom2michael]

What year did you graduate? 2006
What was your first job out of nursing school? RN on a 32 bed Tele floor
How long did you stay there? 11 weeks
Why did you leave? Psycho management, backstabbing co-workers, orientation was cut short, the constant lying, promised days and then forced into nights while people who worked there less time than me got to work whenever, poor staffing (10 patients at night). Being forced into taking step down patients along with 8 or 9 Tele patients...did I mention backstabbing co-workers????
Did you have adequate orientation to your new job? NO
Was there a nursing residency program available? They claimed there was, however 99.9% of the people who did their residency were not hired into that department, they were placed depending on needs of the facility when they graduated
If there was a nursing residency program, how long was it? 12 weeks

[TheCommuter]

Originally Posted by scchickadee

What year did you graduate?
What was your first job out of nursing school?
How long did you stay there?
Why did you leave?
Did you have adequate orientation to your new job?
Was there a nursing residency program available?
If there was a nursing residency program, how long was it?

Thanks for helping me with this information.

I graduated in 2005 as an LVN.
My first healthcare job involved being a charge nurse at a nursing home.
I remained at this place of employment for 6 weeks.
I left because I lived 28 miles from the workplace, and they offered no benefits.
My orientation was grossly inadequate, since it lasted only 8 hours.
No nursing residency program was available, as this was a small nursing home.

[LPN0207]

I'd love to help you out, here's my info:

Year Graduated: 2007

First job: charge nurse in a nursing home, I started in March and I am still here at this point and time, though have started applying to other jobs due to high stress, and horrible shift wars between ALL staff...its ridiculous.

Why left: Haven't yet...God help me!

Orientation: Consisted of working 6 12's in a row, 4 of those with another nurse, then being left on my own. Not very helpful

Nurse residency: NO
Length? N/A