True or False: Nursing school education and job orientation

mcdebb · Dec 13, 2013

True.. that's why u need the clinicals… and real life experience!!

Dranger · Dec 13, 2013

True...to an extent

classicdame, MSN, EdD · Dec 13, 2013

of course it is true. It is also true that you never will stop learning - if you want to keep working

Palliative Care, DNP · Dec 13, 2013

Very true but also realize you will get out of school what you put in. Be the student that seeks opportunities to learn and grow.

krisiepoo · Dec 13, 2013

I've equated nursing school to training and running a marathon

most marathon training programs only take you to 20 miles (a marathon is 26.2 miles) with the knowledge of "trusting the training" to get you through the last 6.2

nursing school takes you to mile 20 and it's up to you to "trust your training" (and a supportive workplace) to get you to the finish liine... although with nursing I feel like there is no finish line, but that's another story, LOL

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Dec 13, 2013

Of course it's true. No new grad could possibly be equal in competence to an RN with a year of full-time employment. That's why NCLEX questions are based in large part on research showing the most common errors made by new grads in their first year of work.

Smart people learn how to be lifelong learners in our field when they are in college. You learn what the basics are, how to recognize when you have to look stuff up, how to realize that you will ALWAYS have to look stuff up, and how to monitor yourself for safety.

RunawayN · Dec 14, 2013

I've equated nursing school to training and running a marathon
most marathon training programs only take you to 20 miles (a marathon is 26.2 miles) with the knowledge of "trusting the training" to get you through the last 6.2
nursing school takes you to mile 20 and it's up to you to "trust your training" (and a supportive workplace) to get you to the finish liine... although with nursing I feel like there is no finish line, but that's another story, LOL

I love this so much!

Especially the mention of a supportive workplace. As a runner, finishing a race with people cheering for you and supporting you just gives you the desire to finish strong.

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Dec 14, 2013

True.

Not_A_Hat_Person, RN · Dec 14, 2013

Very true, though passing the NCLEX was much easier for me than finding a supportive workplace.

Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Dec 14, 2013

Hello everybody.
Question for everybody: True or False
Nursing school can only teach you so much, that's why it's important to find a job that will continue to build on that foundation starting with some sort of orientation or at least a supportive staff.
Thoughts?

True.

However, a lot of new nurses go in expecting that orientation will be a complete rehash of nursing school. Orientation is meant to build upon what you learned in nursing school, and not to teach you the basics that you should have learned the first time around.

amoLucia · Dec 14, 2013

True.
However, a lot of new nurses go in expecting that orientation will be a complete rehash of nursing school. Orientation is meant to build upon what you learned in nursing school, and not to teach you the basics that you should have learned the first time around.

So true.

For many, the expectation is that New Job 101 is really Nursing School Part II. It is NOT the purpose of employers to provide education basics to a newbie. Hence facilities are reluctant to hire newbies - too much time & effort to get them up to speed to function in today's fast & high-tech environment.

On the other hand, the new employing facility is NOT the stepping stone from which so many newbies quickly plan to launch their careers into advanced practice or education. And the facility KNOWS that this is all too often the path that is planned by many.

Orientation is just to get new employees up & running.