New grad, shoud I take this position?

It sounds pretty standard for a medicare unit in a skilled facility. Find out how long your orientation will be. My company has a 4 week orientation for all new grads which is unheard of in long term care. It's worth the investment up front to teach the new grads the right way to do things. We get a better nurse and someone who wants to stay and work there because they weren't overwhelmed as a brand new nurse.

are we twins or something?
i jsut graduated with my LVN also... i started out in a LTC on the medicare hall i had up to 6 gtubes, breathing treatments, medications (i was on nights and there wasnt a med aide) plus vitals charting etc etc plus being over a secured unit **not medicare**
it is my first nursing job and on my second night i was BY MYSELF
i also took it as a challenge to see if i could handle it.....
at first i was so stressed out trying to learn my way around the facility plus everything else but it got easier and easier...... by my second week i had time to actually sit down and was like " there has to be something i forgot because i didnt have this free time earlier" lol
but it turned out great! i loved it... i did switch to the other side of the LTC facility but really do miss where i started out at... i say go for it

My opinion might go against the grain, but I would take this job. Much of your time will be freed up, since you do not have to pass your own pills. You've got a medication aide to pass the pills, which means you can devote your precious time to admission paperwork, charting, treatments, wound care, g-tubes, and complaining family members.

I currently work on a skilled floor, and I wish I had a medication aide to pass my pills for me. I must pass the pills 4 times per shift in addition to the admits, whiny family members, dressing chenges, treatments, blood glucose checks, and so forth. It may seem overwhelming at first, but it will become easier with time and grace. Good luck!

So why are you doing skin assessments and tube feeds at night? People are supposed to sleep at night not be fed or have their skin checked. There are 16 other hours in the 24 that someone can have their skin checked and their tube feed. And why in the world are you doing skin checks daily? Standard of practice is a skin check weekly unless the person has a wound or pressure ulcer and again treatments should be done on days or evenings.
Take the job and make a difference.

where i worked we didnt have to do the daily assessment per say but it was like a check box thingie to put if they had a ulcer if tehy were A&O ..... catheter etc.... and what i call mode of transportation **wheel chair bed bound geri chair etc** all i really had to do was their vital signs and on the tube feedings i had to change the tubing and dressing which was 3x a day......

I don't remember if you stated how many pts. you'd have. What I wouldn't give for someone to help me (or do!) my med pass. I have 65 pts on my end and med pass takes me approx. 2.5 hours (without anyone having a problem). We do complete body audits of bedbound/incontinent pts Q Sunday on the 6p to 6a shift. Wound care is done on days. But there's still breathing treatments, blood glucose checks, and charting to be done. The evening can be going really well until someone falls or there is a behavior on the secured unit and don't forget that people usually die at night. Night shift is also supposed to do chart checks (I don't have time to do all of them every noc).

I'd sure take the job!

Long Term Care is definitely NOT for sissies!