Orientation and Skills Maintenance. Nurses shall receive orientation 2 and training upon hire to include but not limited to the patient population and setting, 3 clinical procedures, regulatory compliance and general agency procedures. All nurses 4 new to the agency will be assigned a preceptor for a time period that is mutually agreed 5 upon between the manager and the nurse. The Agency will take into consideration the 6 nurse’s previous clinical experience, skills and expressed needs in determining 7 individualized orientation which shall be sufficient to allow the nurse to reach core 8 competency.
Orientation and Skills Maintenance. When a nurse is newly hired or transferred to a program, the Agency will provide the nurse with orientation to the new position, program and its patients. The Agency will take into consideration the nurse’s previous clinical experience, skills and expressed needs in determining individualized orientation and shall utilize the skills assessment tools available for the program.
Orientation and Skills Maintenance. When a nurse is newly hired for assignment to a specific unit or transferred to an established position in a unit, the Medical Center will provide the nurse with sufficient orientation to the unit and its patients that allows the nurse to reach core competency. Based upon the nurse’s previous clinical experience and the similarity of skills to those the nurse already possesses, the nurse and the nurse’s supervisor will mutually agree on the length of orientation in the applicable nursing unit. The Medical Center will take into consideration the nurse’s expressed needs in determining the individualized orientation and shall utilize the skills assessment tools available for each nursing unit. Nurses shall not be required to work additional hours to orient on other units.
Orientation and Skills Maintenance. When a nurse is newly hired for 2 assignment to a specific unit or transferred to an established position in a unit, the 3 Medical Center will provide the nurse with sufficient documented orientation to the unit 4 and its patients that allows the nurse to reach core competency. Based upon the 5 nurse’s previous clinical experience and the similarity of skills to those the nurse already 6 possesses, the nurse, the nurse’s preceptor, if applicable, and the nurse’s supervisor 7 will mutually agree on the length of orientation in the applicable nursing unit to be able 8 to complete the formal orientation/core competency checklist. The Medical Center will 9 take into consideration the nurse’s expressed needs in determining the individualized 10 orientation and shall utilize the skills assessment tools available for each nursing unit.
Orientation and Skills Maintenance. When a nurse is newly hired for assignment to a specific unit or transferred to an established position in a unit, the Medical Center will provide the nurse with sufficient documented orientation to the unit and its patients that allows the nurse to reach core competency. Based upon the nurse’s previous clinical experience and the similarity of skills to those the nurse already possesses, the nurse, the nurse’s preceptor, if applicable, and the nurse’s supervisor will mutually agree on the length of orientation in the applicable nursing unit to be able to complete the formal orientation/core competency checklist. The Medical Center will take into consideration the nurse’s expressed needs in determining the individualized orientation and shall utilize the skills assessment tools available for each nursing unit. New-hire orientation shall be a minimum of two (2) weeks of nursing unit orientation. Each unit core competency and orientation checklist shall be developed, reviewed, and edited by the Unit Based Council, at least annually. Prior to taking a nurse off of orientation and assigning the nurse a full patient load, the nurse must have completed the appropriate unit core competency/orientation checklist. The Medical Center will seek input on the nurse’s orientation progress from the assigned preceptor, if applicable, and the orienting nurses.
Orientation and Skills Maintenance. When a nurse is newly hired for 2 assignment to a specific unit or transferred to an established position in a 3 unit, the Medical Center will provide the nurse with sufficient documented 4 orientation to the unit and its patients that allows the nurse to reach core 5 competency. Based upon the nurse’s previous clinical experience and the 6 similarity of skills to those the nurse already possesses, the nurse, the 7 nurse’s preceptor, if applicable, and the nurse’s supervisor will mutually 8 agree on the length of orientation in the applicable nursing unit to be able to 10 Center will take into consideration the nurse’s expressed needs in 11 determining the individualized orientation and shall utilize the skills 12 assessment tools available for each nursing unit. New-hire orientation shall 13 be a minimum of two (2) weeks of nursing unit orientation. Each unit core 14 competency and orientation checklist shall be developed, reviewed, and 15 edited by the Unit Based Council, at least annually. 17 Prior to taking a nurse off of orientation and assigning the nurse a full patient 18 load, the nurse must have completed the appropriate unit core 19 competency/orientation checklist. The Medical Center will seek input on the 20 nurse’s orientation progress from the assigned preceptor, if applicable, and 21 the orienting nurses.
