Orientation As A Semi-Experienced Nurse is Aggravating

[AlmostThere19, BSN, RN]

I worked for almost a year at my first nursing job. I changed jobs and went to a new hospital after that. I started orientation three weeks ago, and I have to admit it's kind of frustrating. I'm used to taking my own patients and working on my own. I'm definitely not used to having another nurse follow me around and having to explain myself and what I'm doing. Plus, I have a preceptor that leaves like a few hours before shift change when they send someone home early and they make me switch to following another nurse with totally different patients. Anyone else experience with orientation beyond the one with your first job?

[AlmostThere19, BSN, RN]

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[Sour Lemon]

1 hour ago, AlmostThere19 said:

I worked for almost a year at my first nursing job. I changed jobs and went to a new hospital after that. I started orientation three weeks ago, and I have to admit it's kind of frustrating. I'm used to taking my own patients and working on my own. I'm definitely not used to having another nurse follow me around and having to explain myself and what I'm doing. Plus, I have a preceptor that leaves like a few hours before shift change when they send someone home early and they make me switch to following another nurse with totally different patients. Anyone else experience with orientation beyond the one with your first job?

You might have just gotten unlucky. I've just been shown facility specific things, but no one has ever followed me around and micro-managed me. In fact at my last job, they "forgot" I was on day two of orientation and gave me a full load of patients to myself.