Is 2 weeks enough orientation new grad?

[eelise11]

In starting my very first nursing job as I'm a brand new grad with no prior nursing experience. The place I got a job at gives 2 weeks orientation on all the different floors and areas, from wounds to trachs to meds and I even have to train as a CNA. Is 2 weeks enough? I told them I was concerned but they said its plenty. I'm worried.

[Sun0408, ASN, RN]

I personally don't think it is but from the many treads I have read here, 2 weeks is longer that what some got in LTC facilities..I've read as few as one shift and the new grad was on their own the following night

[SoldierNurse22, BSN, RN]

It wouldn't have been enough for me. I didn't feel like I really had my sea legs until about 2 months in.

[JBMmom, MSN, NP]

I was told I would have 12 shifts of orientation, ended up with 10 and then they were short staffed and I was on my own. It worked out fine for me, but if you don't feel prepared, stick to your guns and tell them you need more. Good luck.

[eelise11]

Thanks everyone. They said if I felt I needed more time, I could ask but they don't think I will. So we will see how it goes. :)

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

The new grads I hire get at least a month...some as long as 2 months. It takes time and money to hire someone. I can't throw them out on the units unprepared to take care of my residents. It's bad for me, bad for the residents, and bad for the new nurse. If they get a good orientation, they are more likely to stay long term...no pun intended.

[laderalis]

Haha cape cod. That reminds me of something a nurse said to me that doesn't pertain to this but is funny. I was off almost a week and when I came back I asked the reporting-off nurse "so, is there anyone new here?" I meant new residents that I didn't know yet. She says "No, they're all a bunch of old people" I've never laughed so hard in report...

Two weeks is not enough. Is that two weeks on each shift or every shift in two weeks?

[systoly]

absolutely not

but as said above, there may be little or no flexibility

and you may not be able to get more time

but you can find out what are the most important things you need to

get out of orientation and work towards that

remember, what's important to you is likely different than what's important

to your employer and you need to cover both or you'll be unhappy

[eelise11]

It's every shift in 2 weeks. I honestly don't feel it's enough but all I can really do is ask for longer. When I mentioned it during my interview she said "two weeks is plenty enough to know what you're doing".

[SquishyRN, BSN, RN]

It is not enough. But I've never had more than 3 days orientation in any LTC I've worked, even as a new grad.

[PeacockMaiden]

I got two days of training before they throw me out on my own. It was horrible.