Nursing orientees come to a new position with various backgrounds, experiences, and knowledge of orthopaedics. This article describes one solution to the problem of designing an orientation learning program. Orthopaedic Resource Day includes assessment of learners' needs, recommendations of independent study to meet the needs, and self-directed study with independent use of resources. Once the program is developed, the instructor is not committed to teach an entire day of class, but serves as resource person. The orientees, in turn, do not waste time attending lectures on familiar material, but instead pursue learning activities to strengthen identified weak areas. Orthopaedic Resource Day is congruent with present day concerns of cost and time effectiveness.