Hello I am a charge nurse in LTC and have been one for 9 years. Basically, your are a supervisor for the hall or dept assigned, maybe for a facility if a RN is not avaible.
I have a hall I am responsile for ( i.e. and making sure the CNA's are completeing their assigments) plus I am the one the others are reporting too for difficulties and call off's. Sometimes if there is a complaint from a family I am the one that it gets reported to and I then pass it along to the right party.
I mainly am the charge nurse after the dept heads are gone for the day and on the weekends. You can email me if you have any more questions.
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