caringone30506

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1. LTC patient to nurse ratio

   caringone30506 replied to caringone30506's topic in Safety

   I am (kinda) new to LTC, others in my facility complain, I just wondered how our staffing compared. And a big Thank you for this advice, nice way of putting it. I think I will share this with my co-workers.

2. LTC patient to nurse ratio

   caringone30506 posted a topic in Safety

   working in a 120 bed skilled nursing/ltc facility, 11-7 shift with 2 lpns, shift supervisor (either lpn or rn depending upon availability) and 5 cnas (6 if you're lucky!) how does this staffing ratio compare to others??

3. New nurse or just plain stuipd?

   caringone30506 replied to stilltrying's topic in General Nursing

   Wow! So many things to say... First of all, you are absolutely correct that the letters behind a name mean absolutely nothing. You have some RNs that are newer nurses and still only know "text-book", while an LPN who has been a nurse for many years h...