BLCRN

Thank you for your response. That article is very helpful! It helped confirm a few suspicions as well. Looks like I have my research cut out for me. Thanks again!

I am a new grad RN and was recently hired by an agency. I've been doing 'sitting' assignments until I get trained on the hospital's computer system. Once that is complete, I will start working the floor. My concern is the agency does not offer any type of orientation with the hospital or facility, just the computer training. Is this a common thing between facilities and agencies? Shouldn't there be some type of orientation to cover policies and procedures? What if one of my patients codes and I don't know where the crash cart is? Or am I worrying about this too much? I worked so hard to get my license, I don't wanna screw up and lose it. Sigh....I hate being the new kid on the block.