how much orientation did you receive as a new grad?

[tokmom]

I keep reading these posts about new grads being dumped on a floor with little to no orientation.

How much did you get?

Mine was a week with another nurse, after that I was on my own with 5 med/surg pt's with no CNA on the floor. It was tough and totally unfair, but I thankfully survived.

[tokidoki7, ASN, RN]

My orientation was 4 weeks.

[missmatched]

on my 10th week, 5 more shifts to go before I'm let loose.

[Trilldayz,RN BSN]

I just got off orientation and I received 18 weeks for the ICU/CVICU. I was still scared to get off LOL, but I'm doing awesome on my own.... have amazing coworkers!

[BanoraWhite]

2 days as an EN/LPN in a rehab unit...

Yep...2 days..

[turnforthenurse, MSN, NP]

A little off topic.....

Is it common for some hospitals to have one nurse on a unit orient 2-3 nurses? Cause I was told I would be "sharing" a preceptor with two other newbies. How is that gonna work? Would us newbies have to split that preceptor's patient load?

On days this wasn't a problem but for some reason I ended up with different nurses while I was precepting. I was probably with at least 8 different nurses during my 6 week precepting period (2 different nurses when I oriented in ICU and 6 in PCU), though I was with one particular nurse more often than the other 5. The day shift orientees seemed to have the same nurse throughout their entire precepting period. I don't know why I was different...not that I minded, because you see different ways of doing things.

And we never had 2 or 3 noobs to a preceptor in the same night; someone else would take an orientee. When I was precepting I still split the work with my preceptor. In the beginning I would take 1 patient and then eventually work up to taking a full load and be responsible for everything while my preceptor was there to sort of guide me and help me out.

[anotherone, BSN, RN]

med surg 8 weeks.

[KdubsRN]

In my hospital, standard is 8 weeks, 12 for ICU. In the past I've heard 16 for the heart failure unit. I am at 12 weeks right now on a medsurg/intermediate care floor.