Medical Geripsych???

[kamakasigirl]

:bowingpurAnybody work on a medical geripsych floor? If so what can I expect, example of a typical day if you would.

Thanks

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

I agree with what you say about LTC and don't know the solution except upgraded staffing, which is expensive, of course. There is a LTC facility where I live that is staffed only with RNs. Some say overkill but not considering what you've just stated.

I think it is overkill, simply because what a lot of these folks really needed was more simple help with ADL's, just more time spent with them, period, where all staff, from UAP to DONs, had the time to be patient and gentle. It isn't possible with staffing as it is now.

Thanks for the explanation. I have a better understanding, now, of these unts.

[RN007]

You are so right, and it's that way everywhere -- hospital units, LTC. One of the nurses I work with used to be in oncology 20 yrs ago, my first job, and she said she knows there's no way she could do it today. She admits back then a lot of what she did was wipe brows with cool cloths. I took a nursing research class last semester and one of the students proposed a study of the effectiveness of massage on patient healing. Imagine having time to massage a patient? Wouldn't you love to be a patient in that facility??

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

Ain't that the truth!