Length of orientation

6-ish weeks on my floor. Then, *welp*, you're on your own, getting running. In all honesty though, questions and collaboration are encouraged, so you're not left completely in the lurch. Why, did you get hired to a m/s floor?

I work in a community hospital and all new grads on floors get 12 weeks, unless it's CCU or ED

When I was a new grad, I got 6 weeks..

18 weeks through Versant

The people in my class that work in med/surg areas get 8 weeks of orientation.

I got 20 weeks when I was a new grad, but it wasn't in med-surg. Most adult hospitals around here do 8-12 weeks, I believe.

I had 8 weeks. I wasn't technically a new grad but I was new to acute care.

Well I followed RN on first day second day I had 2 patients then third day it was 10 patients with no RN on backup to help if I needed it because they had their own patients.

10 pts is too much, 2 days orientation is crap. I would run, this time when you interview make sure to ask about orientation time !!

They do "team" nursing LPN give PO meds RN do all assessments, ivpb, IV pushes, vital signs and don't think about asking cna for anything or the DON will yell at you (yes that really happened), and I went to med surg manager with my concerns and she laughed at me. Now they wonder why I quit.

My first job, 5 days. I don't think I have ever rec'd more than that with any new job since then, either. I think part of the problem is that we learned so much more "way back when" than new nurses today do. We were prepared to hit the floor running. We give our new employees a few days to train on our computer system, find where things are, etc., but as far as general nursing duties, it is expected that they learned that in school.