Am I right in thinking this is complete BS? The hospital closest to me is claiming that their new nurse residency program will give a brand new grad the same competency as a nurse who's been a nurse for 18 months in 18 weeks. Am I the only one thinking it's BS? It's 25% classroom instruction and 75% "clinical preceptorship".
I have no problem with the program itself, but I think what they're claiming is crap.
Opinions? I'm not a nurse myself or even in nursing school (hopefully in 2011), but it seems way too good to be true.
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Go ask the hospital recruitment staff if they believe in the claim themselves and if they would consider the 18weeks experience as 18 months experience when you apply for a position after the program.
Good point! I would go one step further and get other New Grads to go with me to ask for a raise and/or a transfer if I did not like my unit after the 18 weeks of orientation/residency. A nurse with 18 months experience normally qualifies for both! I'll bet that will make the powers-that-be remove that claim in a heart beat!
WOW, you are not even a nursing student and you have such strong opinions about hospital orientations! I really don't understand why the idea of 18 weeks orientation bothers you to the point of "BSing and crap"? Some new grads from just plain brilliance, or a lot of prior experience in the medical/nursing field, just "get it" right away and only need 2 weeks orientation. Some nurses have been working 8 years and never seem to really "get it." Really I don't understand your anger, or maybe I am just to sensitive to BS and crap talk?
WOW, you are not even a nursing student and you have such strong opinions about hospital orientations! I really don't understand why the idea of 18 weeks orientation bothers you to the point of "BSing and crap"? Some new grads from just plain brilliance, or a lot of prior experience in the medical/nursing field, just "get it" right away and only need 2 weeks orientation. Some nurses have been working 8 years and never seem to really "get it." Really I don't understand your anger, or maybe I am just to sensitive to BS and crap talk?
Yes, there are some. Some does not equal all. I think a claim like this is dumb because there's no "one size fits all". They're merely trying to get more new grads to apply for their program. I also volunteer here (at the hospital). I just think the way they're going on with it - there's no way "every" new grad can be a "competent nurse" in 18 weeks. I'm sorry, but no. I have nothing against the 18weeks orientation - just the claim that it gives the new grad the "confidence of a nurse that has been there 18 months". That's crap. There is no way that that is scientifically proven like they say it is, or thousands of hospitals would be using this "failsafe program".
Part of it is irritation because I originally wanted to work at this series of hospitals...I mean, one of them saved my life (open heart as a baby). I just think now that they're making obviously wrong claims is kind of frustrating.
Um, the OP is peeved that the hospital is claiming that it will only take 18 weeks to develop a new grad into a competent experienced nurse. Residencies are awesome, and I will work my butt off to get one once I graduate, but that's an exaggeration. I don't expect anyone to be super competent after just 18 weeks.
Um, the OP is peeved that the hospital is claiming that it will only take 18 weeks to develop a new grad into a competent experienced nurse. Residencies are awesome, and I will work my butt off to get one once I graduate, but that's an exaggeration. I don't expect anyone to be super competent after just 18 weeks.
I'm more worried about the people they end up hiring...there will be some students who get inflated egos and strut around as if they think they really have 18months experience and end up killing someone. It's ridiculous and can end up being a safety hazard - 18weeks is 18weeks. Nowhere NEAR 18months.
It's an otherwise great hospital, from what I've seen - they seem heckbent on protecting their employees (within reason, of course). I'm wondering where this program came from or if it was funded by an outside source...is it common for hospitals to use other names for their residency programs? Like it's "ABC Hospital" but it's "XYZ Nurse Residency Program"?
Perhaps it wasn't a nurse who made up that claim? The web people maybe?
It's not a nurse that did - I'd put money on it being the fancyschmancy new company they named the residency after. People that have no idea what it's like to be a nurse.
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