Published
I'm glad your orientation went well!!
I remember the excitement and anxiousness I had
at orientation, and it was great to know everyone
there felt the same:)
Keep a positive attitude, stay organized and dont
let anyone change your mind about nursing, its a great
career, with many rewards and many bumps..LOL
We also have a mentor program at our college, it has
been very helpful, I have 2 little sisters (1st yr nursing students)
and I would do anything to help them out!!
Best of luck to you! :)
Channa
If God be for me...WHO can be against me!
Ortho_RN
1,037 Posts
Well I just got back from orientation.. Well actually it was more of a Welcome and ask questions session.. But it was really helpful and stress-decreasing...
The instructors seem GREAT!! They all have a sense of humor and were even telling us about some of their screw ups... One of them said when she went to do her first IM shot.. Hit the femur...
But they also had some of the students talk about the first semester and things that can be done to decrease the stress a lil bit.. They also have a mentor program.. Which they said is really helpful...
The instructors said the first week you will feel like we take you and throw you in the deep end of a pool and you can't swim.. But they say by weeks 3-4 you learn to swim and things get much easier..
So all in all it was a good day