New grad/New hire needs 3-11 LTC advice.

You have to give it time.You will find yoru own routine that works for you,honest.Just remember LTC the patients usually don't change too much so you don't have to worry about getting a new patient or hsving all new patients for your assignment.You will get to know their little quirks and when they like their meds and how and that will make it easier.Like I said the insulin thing is usually night shift's thing or day shift and if it is day shift then night shift usually does the accuchecks so all you have to do is give insulin.You have to trust your fellow nurse's also and do not be afrais to ask for help even when you are on your own.They need to remember they were there once themselves.Just be patient with yourself adn let yourself get a routine..

What I find that helps me with the accu checks is, I open( just tear open not out of the package) all my swabs put them in a small cup, get all the my cotton balls put them in a cup,prep my lancets put them in a cup, and put my test strips I need in a small cup. So when I am going down the hall all I have to do is take one cotton ball from the cotton ball cup, one swab from the swap, lancet already set from its cup and the strip from its cup. So it saves me the time of opening multiple packages and prepping the lancets at EVERYONE bedside. Hope that wasn't too confusing.
Take care Shannon