the neverending med pass

I'm new in LTC - in fact still orienting and I have seen what you all are talking about. It took me until 1:00 to pass 8:00 meds. I like the idea of getting pharmacy to decrease BIDs to QD where possible. What else can be done? Can we get new laws passed that demand better nurse to patient ratios and review of polypharmacy on a regular basis? It seems to me if we want new laws we better do it now under the current governmental administration.

The current governmental administration is cutting funding to nursing homes so don't expect any new regulations for patient to staff ratio.

I've noticed that the government is great, though, at cutting funding and then mandating more care.