Milwaukee-Nursing - Travelers

Nursing Staff-: RN, LPN

Traveler (Long-Term Contracted Staff): Individuals with verified credentials providing services within Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare for an extended period of time (30 days or more) utilizing a contract agreement with an agency which identifies a specific provider and includes requirements related to their scope of practice, length of service, requirements for cancellation and commitment to hours and shifts.

Your Orientation
Your orientation to Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare will consist of self-study materials completed prior to your arrival, a classroom orientation and a department orientation on your first day of work. Expected outcomes include:

Nursing staff will feel comfortable and knowledgeable in the environment.
Basic competencies will be validated.
Regulatory standards will be met.

Our goal is that you will be able to meet the same high standards of behavior and patient care that are expected of our own associates.

Step One: Credentialing Checklist

Before working at a Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare facility, the Nursing Credentialing Checklist must be completed by the agency and faxed to the central staffing office, along with all supporting documents.

If you have not completed a medication test with your agency, please print and complete this Medication Test. Please bring the completed medication Test with you to your orientation.

Step Two: Forms

Agency RN-LPN orientation checklist
Please print a copy of the Agency RN/LPN Orientation Checklist. Review all items listed under Self-Study and check them off on the list. This list will be signed and dated after the department portion of orientation is completed.

Confidentiality Statement
Please print, review, and sign the Confidentiality Statement. Bring it along the first day you report to your department.

RN/LPN Agency Initial Orientation and Competency Form
This form must be completed during your first shift at a WFH facility, as described under Step Four. You can obtain a copy of this form from the manager, supervisor, or charge nurse of the department where you are working. The Patient Care Supervisor or Charge Nurse will fax the completed form to the Central Staffing office at (414)-465-3444. Staffing office to file and distribute copies to the agency and to any Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare site where agency RN/LPN will be working.

The Journey
Please review the Expections for the Journey .
Please print, review and sign the Expectations for the Journey Commitment Statement. Bring it along on your first day of work to turn in to the manager or supervisor of the department you will be working.

Step Three: Self-Study

The online documents listed under Orientation Materials cover key information that you need to know before your first day at a Wheaton Franciscan facility. The topics correspond to items listed on the Agency RN/LPN Orientation Checklist. Please review each document carefully before checking it off on the Orientation Checklist.

Orientation Materials

POWERPOINTS

Step Four: Classroom orientation

An eight-hour orientation class must be completed prior to your working at a Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare acute care facility. These classes will be scheduled on an as needed basis. The Central Staffing Office will contact the agencies to let them know of the dates.

The Orientation Class will allow you to become familiar with some of the skills that require “hands-on.” These include restraints, Glucometer, IV pumps, enteral feeding pumps, PCA pumps, ADU (medication dispensing unit), code cart review, and our documentation system, as appropriate for your role.

You must complete the self study portion of the orientation prior to attending a classroom orientation. The content in the class builds on the self-study materials and you will not be able to participate effectively if you do not come prepared. Bring the completed, signed, and dated Orientation Checklist, Confidentiality Statement and Expectations for the Journey Commitment Statement with you to class.

Step Five: On-Site Department/Facility Orientation (Your First Work Shift)

After you have completed the self-study and classroom portions of your orientation, you are eligible to work at a WFH facility. When you come to the unit for your first shift, you can expect to meet unit staff, tour the unit and find out some things that are specific to that unit.

When you arrive, you will complete the unit orientation portion of the RN/LPN Agency Initial Orientation and Competency Form. During your first shift, you must be signed off on the Clinical Competencies listed on this checklist. Your department may also have department specific orientation competencies that you must complete.
The competencies may be validated by the charge nurse or a designated preceptor. The completed form should be faxed to the Central Staffing Office at (414)-465-3444 where it will be placed in your file.

Thank you for choosing Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare!

If you have any questions, please contact your agency, or the manager or supervisor of the department you will be working.