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    by Nov 20, '12
    I am a new grad and received my RN license in Sept 2012. I was hired at a SNF as a referral
    by a friend. My orientation is 2 days. Is that the standard? I dont think 2 days is enough to have a comfortable grip on all the paperwork, and 40+ residents in addition to all the other
    fun stuff. Please share and enlighten for those of you with knowledge.
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  4. Nov 20, '12 by
    OMG, two days, that's usually orientation for travel nurses and they have years of experience.
    common sense two days is not enought to get a grip on all the paperwork and residents.
  5. Nov 20, '12 by
    Be safe ! I'm sure you worked a good while to earn your license... if you don't feel comfortable... do the same thing and speak up... although you may be surprised by how quickly you get in the flow. Congratulations on the job!!!
  6. Nov 20, '12 by
    Thanks for the advice. My orientation is this Thurs and Friday. I will see how it goes but I'm already
    making alternate plans.
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  7. Nov 20, '12 by
    It is ridiculously short.
    LPNnowRN and itsmejuli like this.
  8. Nov 20, '12 by
    Bahahahaha
  9. Nov 20, '12 by
    Thats all my orientation was as a new grad in SNF
  10. Nov 20, '12 by
    That is way too short, unsafe, and frankly going to scare the crap out of you and overwhelm you. That is completely rediculous. It should be at least two week! At least!!
  11. Nov 20, '12 by
    Yep, when I was a brand new LPN, I got a day and a half. That was it. LTC is sink or swim. Here's hoping you're a good swimmer.
  12. Nov 20, '12 by
    I understand that its hard for us new hirees to complain about it because jobs are scarce nowadays. On your orientation ask questions and take down notes, learn as much as you can in the 2 days given to you. I understand its hard to grasp and digest everything in just a short span of time.

    I know how you must feel. I am also a new orientee in a Skilled Nursing Facility, and I am on my 4th day of orientation. Luckily, the DON have given me 3 weeks of orientation before I will be working on my own. So far the 1st two days were quite overwhelming. I sometimes got blank and felt like I am being left behind with the nurses orienting me. They just seemed to do nursing care & med pass too fast. Little by little I have slowly grasped some of the techniques. I am also doing my part like reading the company's manual and facility procedures, etc. I also familiarized myself with the forms that we are using in the facility. The DON gave me some paperworks to do at home and the ADON gave me a booklet as my guideline. So far that guidebook has been pretty helpful.

    Goodluck to you and work safely.