Are you paid for orienting someone?

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I work in a nursing home. For last 3 weeks I get a fresh graduate every week to orient/train them. I myself am overwhelmed with my own work and on top of that orienting someone and explaining each and every little thing to someone who is just starting his/her first nursing job.....it is becoming very tough for me. I even tried to reject the orientee but the supervisor told me that this is part of my job. I am just wondering if I have right to refuse an orientee??? Does any facility pay you extra ( I know hospitals do) for orienting someone? My employer does not pay anything for that.

Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho.

Nope, none here either,, its included in the job description we read and sign on for when we are hired. However, i might say it really isnt right when you tend to be the one they always send the orientee with, while others seem to never have to take their turn. But, i guess better them go with someone who will train them right rather than someone looking to have someone around to do their job for them for a few weeks.

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At my hospital, preceptors get a differential (I think like $2 more an hour) AND they don't have their own pt load - they share the pt load with the orientee. I was shocked when I heard that at some places, preceptors have their own pt load AND they're expected to watch over an orientee with another pt load. That's ridiculous.

Not getting paid to precept? That's really sad. It's extra work, so you should be compensated for it. Just another way for administration to save a buck at the expense of the employee.

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, educator.

We have to be interviewed and accepted into a position where I work. Not everyone is cut out to be a preceptor. We get a dollar an hour more. I think it is part of the magnet thing.

We have one assignment for the two of us...no more than 3 kids.

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Specializes in Cardiac, ER.

We get $ .50 an hour,..have a class to take,..is considered part of the job,.although I don't think they'd force anyone who really didn't want to do it.

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Specializes in ICU, CVICU, E.R..

At our facility we have what we call a "point system". A certain number of points is assigned to a variety of tasks which deviate from the ordinary. Each point is worth 1 dollar.

But this only applies to regular staff. Pool, flex, agency etc are not included in the point system.

For example, if we were to float to another area we get 30 points. Each time we handle an orientee we get 75 points per shift/period.

We can accumulate as many points as we want and cash in the points anytime we want. This however is still tax deductible.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, acute hospital care, rehab.

I also work in a hospital setting. We get nominal extra pay ($1/hr I think) for precepting a new hire. Also, on our unit they will often try to staff up an extra nurse so that the preceptor can take less of a patient load and be able to devote more time orientating the new hire to all that we do and is expected of us.

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I get paid $2 an hour for orienting. We have only one assignment between us. Many times however, I will get charge duty in addition to orienting.

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I work in a nursing home. For last 3 weeks I get a fresh graduate every week to orient/train them. I myself am overwhelmed with my own work and on top of that orienting someone and explaining each and every little thing to someone who is just starting his/her first nursing job.....it is becoming very tough for me. I even tried to reject the orientee but the supervisor told me that this is part of my job. I am just wondering if I have right to refuse an orientee??? Does any facility pay you extra ( I know hospitals do) for orienting someone? My employer does not pay anything for that.

We don't get paid to train new-hires either. It helps to let them do part of the work instead of letting them follow you around. Best way to learn is to jump in there and you are there to help. Why are you orienting so many new nurses? Is turn-over that high??:uhoh21:

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Specializes in NICU, PACU, Pediatrics.

Our hospital doesn't pay you on the hour but you get $150 for an experienced nurse and 300 for a new grad and we only have the workload of one nurse, the first stage the new nurse only has one patient and we work up to 3 between the two of us

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Specializes in PICU, surgical post-op.

We get $0.75 per hour for precepting/orienting, whether it's a cross-orientation from another department (so they know what to do if they get pulled), an experienced nurse or a new grad. We get one assignment and take care of that assignment together.

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Specializes in Nephro, ICU, LTC and counting.
We don't get paid to train new-hires either. It helps to let them do part of the work instead of letting them follow you around. Best way to learn is to jump in there and you are there to help. Why are you orienting so many new nurses? Is turn-over that high??:uhoh21:

Thanks for the reply. The facility is always understaffed and they use so many agency nurses. I think it is more expensive for the facility, so they try to hire many nurses. In addition, there is no continuity of care when they have to take help from agencies. Every day a diffrent person comes. I guess the turnover is really high, I see many people quitting.

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I'm in LTC and have never been paid extra to orient new employees. I have trained many over the years. I actually started orientation with a new employee today. You know, I really don't like to do it, but I've been told I teach/train well.

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