How long is your orientation??

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Just curious -- how long what is the average length of orientation for new grads - based on my experience and friends etc its generally 6 - 8 weeks.

Does this match up with all of you?

My orientation on telemetry was supposed to be 12 weeks... but they cut it down to 6 weeks...

Were you ready to be out of orientation?

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

6 weeks days, 2 weeks nights was what I had. Many of the other nurses have remained available for questions after that. I try to help out with as much with other nurses' patient loads as I can so I don't feel like so much of a pain when something unfamiliar comes up. I have been learning quite a lot through this in the past 3 months of being on my own :)

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In the ER as a new grad the internship will end up being about 6months.

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on my pediatric med/psych unit its about 8-10 weeks.....which is about 3 days a week. Most is on days and the rest of nights.....I'm almost done!

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Specializes in Cardiology.
Were you ready to be out of orientation?

No I was not. I've struggled for 3 months on my own now and I can't do it anymore. I have 5 pts and cardiac gtts. They are pushing 6 pts on me. That just feels too unsafe. My NM is non supportive. I have put in my notice and am going to a large teaching hospital with critical care training and better ratios on a similar cardiac floor.

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Specializes in Cardiac.
No I was not. I've struggled for 3 months on my own now and I can't do it anymore. I have 5 pts and cardiac gtts. They are pushing 6 pts on me. That just feels too unsafe. My NM is non supportive. I have put in my notice and am going to a large teaching hospital with critical care training and better ratios on a similar cardiac floor.

Good for you!

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12 weeks for me on a busy med/oncology unit at the VA. I still have 1 month but I feel like I need more.

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I'll be on for 6 months, but that's in the OR. It's going okay so far, I've only been yelled at by a grouchy surgeon:devil: once!!! Crossing my fingers that it keeps going good.

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Specializes in Clinical exp in OB, psy, med-surg, peds.

Right now I am at a nursing home, and I got 3 weeks, but in January In will be going to a hospital, hoping everything work out for the best.

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I would love to have 6 months...but I'm on a Med/Surg floor so I get 6 weeks. They said after 6 weeks, if I still feel like I need some supervision I could get maybe up to 2 extra weeks. I think I might like that actually, I still don't feel ready and I'm on my fourth week. Yikes!

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No I was not. I've struggled for 3 months on my own now and I can't do it anymore. I have 5 pts and cardiac gtts. They are pushing 6 pts on me. That just feels too unsafe. My NM is non supportive. I have put in my notice and am going to a large teaching hospital with critical care training and better ratios on a similar cardiac floor.

If you don't mind me asking, what hospital is this at? I think I read one of your previous posts that said you were in Central Florida? I am on a tele floor in Central Florida - Fl Hospital Fish Memorial, but our orientations last 12 weeks with alot of support after that from the rest of the floor nurses and clinical leaders.

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No I was not. I've struggled for 3 months on my own now and I can't do it anymore. I have 5 pts and cardiac gtts. They are pushing 6 pts on me. That just feels too unsafe. My NM is non supportive. I have put in my notice and am going to a large teaching hospital with critical care training and better ratios on a similar cardiac floor.

Good choice! From what your situation sounds like- I would have quit too.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes.

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