Hired at a SNF but.....

Ms.MayaRN · Nov 20, 2012

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.

missydeeRN · Nov 20, 2012

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!!!

caffeineaddict · Nov 20, 2012

Thanks for the advice. My orientation is this Thurs and Friday. I will see how it goes but I'm already

making alternate plans. :eek:

Caffeine

Seas · Nov 20, 2012

It is ridiculously short.

Mully · Nov 20, 2012

Bahahahaha

bubblejet50 · Nov 20, 2012

Thats all my orientation was as a new grad in SNF

J&B-RN, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN, NP · Nov 21, 2012

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!!

lovingtheunloved, ASN, RN · Nov 21, 2012

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.

cookiss777 · Nov 21, 2012

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.

caffeineaddict · Nov 21, 2012

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.

Thank u. I am actually not looking forward at all but I'm trying to keep an open mind. My RN license is everything to me.Caffeine

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Nov 21, 2012

As a new LVN in early 2006, all I received was one 8-hour shift worth of orientation before being cut loose to work my myself. The DON offered me three days, but the facility was not staffed with enough nurses to fulfill that offer.

In the large metro area where I live, three days is a normal length of orientation for new grads in SNF/nursing homes. Orientation is not an extended time for clinical or practicum of skills that you missed in nursing school. Rather, it is a time to quickly learn the paperwork and routine of the floor. The rest of your learning will come with time.