Oh, Orientation

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!