yogi2000

Depends on whether you are an administrator, an educator, or a bedside nurse. I'm willing to bet most nurses working directly in patient care will agree with you, and those who sit in an office will not. That is the heart of the problem. The ones in the office become so far removed from what it's really like to be at the bedside, they have no clue what a bedside nurse is really responsible for. Most of them couldn't work at the bedside, because if they once had those skills, they've lost them, or they never had them in the first place.

Hi, I'm new to this site. I would like some input about what other RN's think about one preceptor orienting 2 RNs at the same time, on the same day. Our 18 bed SICU has recently had an exodus of nurses, for a multitude of different reasons. Our unit will be expanding in Oct to staff an additional 12 beds. Our nurse manager has hired over 20 new RN's, and there are not enough experienced RNs to orient these new hires. She (or someone higher up on the administrative ladder) has decided the best way to deal with this is to have several of us orient two RNs at the same time. So far I see I am scheduled to have 2 orients on the same shift with me for 5 days ( the next schedule is not out yet). Our unit has an extremely high acuity, and most of the new hires are new grads. In addition, we have recently converted to using computerized medical records software, which has been very stressful. We are also constantly hounded about specific documentation requirements, which if found deficient, will result in corrective action being taken against the offending RN (extremely punitive, in my opinion). I am TOTALLY against the proposed practice of one preceptor/2 orients . I intend to inform my nurse manager that I refuse to do this. Just wondered what others think, am I overreacting? By the way, I have worked in this ICU for 20 years.