10 Bucks An Hour For Agency Orientation

RN1989 · Aug 21, 2008

This is not unusual. The hospitals often refuse to pay for orienting the nurse. This leaves it up to the individual agency to pay or not pay for orientation.

I have been paid less than $10/hr to orient to a facility. I have also oriented WITHOUT pay to a facility.

It all depends on how badly a person needs to work. If orienting without pay gets you a job down the road, it is better than not orienting and not being able to work anywhere.

loricatus · Aug 21, 2008

This is not unheard of; but, be sure to tell your agency that the moment you are asked to do anything other than watch, you want full pay. I learned the hard way that you could be asked to give a med or something else, then be asked to do full patient care if you do not complain-all at the reduced rate of pay.