New lpn in assisted living.

[Nkrystal.lpn]

Confused on how to manage my time better, first day of work I was giving meds two hours late. How should I speed up the med administration process? Being new I don't know every persons name but I know the majority. When I give meds working 3-11 I have to pop the meds then it takes time to track them down either in lobby, room, dining room and it is time consuming. What should I do so I'm not staying an hour after my shift to finally get to do my paper work.

[Nkrystal.lpn]

Hello !! I'd like to let everyone know it will be a year in 2 months that I've been working at the assisted living facility mentioned earlier in this thread, I have learned that you cannot pre-pop meds or even take two people there meds at a time because it's against the law of medication administration and state would Be furious if they saw that. I now ID resident, pop meds then admin then document, one person at a time ! I'm working a unit with a smaller resident ratio it is on the memory care unit I absolutely love it. Thanks for everyone's advise it really helped.