Oh, Orientation
Originally published at Road Nurse. Please leave any comments there.
Orientation started today for me, and is totally overwhelming. First off, I started a week late-this orientation cycle started last Monday, the day I was hired, and I had to do the physical, etc before I could start. So I was behind to start with, and then they gave me:
- a laptop + accessories
- a cell phone + accessories
- a four inch thick 3 ring binder full of papers
- a benefits packet, all of which must be completed today
- a folder full of random orientation paperwork
- a folder with my orientation pathway
- and homework! (HIPAA stuff, blah…such dry reading)
So I wound up tottering out to the car after work, just a little bit overloaded.
And oh, how dull it was. “Here’s how you change this password…and this password…and this password. Here’s how you plug your laptop in,” etc. I love IT guys-hell, I’m married to one-but teaching and leading a classroom is not their strong suit.
But overall, it wasn’t so bad. A little overwhelming and dry. but managable, and I think the next few days will go better as we get into the software we use(McKesson/Horizen Home) and then get out to see patients! I do my first visits as early as Thursday, yikes!
Now, if I could only figure out where the lunchroom is-the building is so confusing, and I’m totally lost!