I am in LPN school and working pool as a CNA sometimes. Last night at work I was with a brand new LPN who told me all she had was 3 days orientation and then thrown onto the floor on her own! Is this a normal thing? She was talking about how she feels unprepared and disorganized and wished she had more orientation. I was thinking about trying to work at this place when I'm done with school but now I'm not so sure. 3 days seems like SO little, I hope this isn't routine.
Btw, this place is a mixture of LTC and sub-acute. I think the average load for the LPN is about 15 patients/residents.
When I go out looking for a job as an LPN, what is the length of orientation that would be acceptable?
Normal orientation length?
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Well, normally around here a good orientation is about two weeks. In a perfect world, that's what we expect. BUT it doesn't always happen that way. When I applied at the LTC setting, I got two night shifts, one evening and 1/2 a day. Plus I got my corporate orientation which was a day. But at the hospital, I got one evening orientation and because they were so short staffed, I was thrown to the wolves and on my own.
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