Experience

OldDude · Mar 29, 2019

I'm voting for date of hire.

Sour Lemon · Mar 29, 2019

6 hours ago, almostRN116 said:
At what point are you technically considered to have 1 year of experience? Is it from your date of hire or from the time you are off orientation?

For what purpose?

RNBSN116 · Mar 29, 2019

For resumes and applying for a second job. Im a new grad

Jedrnurse, BSN, RN · Mar 29, 2019

On the application you put start date (not date when you finished orientation) so computer systems looking at resumes would use that for calculation purposes.

Ruby Vee, BSN · Mar 29, 2019

If it's an internal transfer or prn position, they'll want the date you finished orientation.

Nickc58 · Apr 1, 2019

This is actually a really good question. One of the jobs I’m applying to has a year long orientation process (ED). It’s a smaller ED and my goals are to work in a level 1 trauma center, but I doubt I could leave after 1 year because I wouldn’t have even gotten off orientation yet. Not to mention it would be a horrible slap in the face to my employer, leaving right after orientation like that.

DowntheRiver · Apr 1, 2019

13 hours ago, Nickc58 said:
This is actually a really good question. One of the jobs I’m applying to has a year long orientation process (ED). It’s a smaller ED and my goals are to work in a level 1 trauma center, but I doubt I could leave after 1 year because I wouldn’t have even gotten off orientation yet. Not to mention it would be a horrible slap in the face to my employer, leaving right after orientation like that.

I've heard of year long probationary periods, but never year long orientations, other than OR programs. That seems unnecessarily long.

Nickc58 · Apr 1, 2019

7 minutes ago, DowntheRiver said:
I've heard of year long probationary periods, but never year long orientations, other than OR programs. That seems unnecessarily long.

My understanding is that ED nurse in New York State aren’t allowed to take patients on their own until they have a year of experience. So what the program I applied to does is splits up your orientation into a two six month periods. The first 6 months you rotate around the inpatient units in 6 week intervals, practicing the skills you learned in nursing school. The last 6 months is orientation in the ED. Through this we have quarterly meetings with other new grads. I’m actually really excited about this program

DowntheRiver · Apr 1, 2019

1 minute ago, Nickc58 said:
My understanding is that ED nurse in New York State aren’t allowed to take patients on their own until they have a year of experience. So what the program I applied to does is splits up your orientation into a two six month periods. The first 6 months you rotate around the inpatient units in 6 week intervals, practicing the skills you learned in nursing school. The last 6 months is orientation in the ED. Through this we have quarterly meetings with other new grads. I’m actually really excited about this program

Do you have a source for this? I'd be interested to read about why New York mandated this. Honestly, I've never heard of this. I mean, I don't live there, but would be interested to read about the reason why.

Nickc58 · Apr 1, 2019

38 minutes ago, DowntheRiver said:
Do you have a source for this? I'd be interested to read about why New York mandated this. Honestly, I've never heard of this. I mean, I don't live there, but would be interested to read about the reason why.

Hold tight. I’m currently having trouble finding a source. Most of my understanding has been through instructors and managers telling me so. But I did read it somewhere else once...

Nickc58 · Apr 1, 2019

1 hour ago, DowntheRiver said:
Do you have a source for this? I'd be interested to read about why New York mandated this. Honestly, I've never heard of this. I mean, I don't live there, but would be interested to read about the reason why.

It seems I cannot find a reliable source online. I’m going to ask about this tomorrow because now I’m wondering if this is actually the truth or not