Orientation(s)?

SBJustBreathe, ASN, RN · Jun 13, 2012

I don't know if it's "normal." My school has a 3 day orientation.

OB-nurse2013, BSN, RN · Jun 13, 2012

My school cancelled any orientation for my semester, but I think this past year they started back doing it again. We just were told to meet with our advisor before the semester be were supposed to start.

Katie71275 · Jun 13, 2012

We have an "orientation" on the first day of class each quarter. Basically we go over the syllabus, course requirements, clinical expectations, etc.

♑ Capricorn ♑ · Jun 13, 2012

I have a total of 3 orientations. I had a pre-orientation last month. I'll have the actual orientation in August which pretty much is a whole week of activities, but we do have an orientation day that lasts all day long. Then when school starts, the first day of school I'll have another orientation for about an hour. In which I hear its an introduction and shoot the bull session and get to know one another, kind of thing. All I'm saying is, to start school there is a WHOLE lot of preparation and work to be done before ya even start! At least, that is how it is done at my school, others may differ.

ParvulusPuella · Jun 13, 2012

My school offered 3 different orientation days, but you only had to go to one. They were all over the summer, so it was nice to be able to pick one to fit into our schedules. And then they didn't have to deal with all 90 of us in one go, since it was a lot of paper signing and waiting in line.

PinkCupcake · Jun 14, 2012

Our school has one orientation about a month before the start of the program. When classes started we jumped right into lecture. I can tell it's going to be a crazy ride!

Bojamashell · Jun 14, 2012

I keep seeing people mentioning that they have/had multiple orientation days. Is this normal? I guess I never thought there'd be more that one..

My program has 3 also and they are all mandatory. There's a "Fundamentals of Nursing Orientation" on August 9th. A "New Student Orientation to the Program" on August 14th. And then our "Hospital Orientation" is a month after class starts before we start clinicals.

Bojamashell · Jun 14, 2012

Oh and classes start August 20th. So I'm really nervous because we don't have much time between our orientation and classes beginning to get prepared.

Journee2 · Jun 14, 2012

We have 3 as well. First one was today, next one 7/31, and final one 8/1. We hit the ground running on 8/6

KMtoRN · Jun 14, 2012

We have two - one for everyone at the college and one for just the nursing program.

CluelessNursingGuy · Jun 14, 2012

My school only has an 1-day orientation, but it lasted about 6+ hours.