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I'm relatively new myself, there's a med error occurrence sheet in my file- from my second week, it was a learning experience for me and it will probably be one for you, too. You didn't hurt anyone,...

I appreciate that you stated that (in your opinion) identifying yourself as a nurse doesn't define whether you can give competent care. I think some people that think nurses all were drawn to the...

We're scheduled overlapping, so I can punch in at 2:53 pm and the off-going nurse doesn't punch out until 3:30pm. I think this is perfect because she doesn't have to rush through report and narc...

I love the advice to read the charts in down time, but as a relatively new grad myself, I have yet to find any! I haven't had time for dinner yet, I finally managed to pee during my shift the other...

I come in at 3pm, get report, literally walk up and down the hall to quickly eyeball where residents are and then I hit the books. I flag all my treatments that need to be done, check who's on the...

It seems these days that everyone is pushing, if you've got your LPN, get your RN. If you've got your ADN, get your BSN or MSN. What if everyone wants to "move up"? Who would be left doing the work?...

I have had a few fellow recent grads tell me "I'm sorry" when I tell them I found a position in LTC. Granted, I can't say that I took the job out of a deep love for the population, it was a...

You're too young, with too many working years ahead of you, to be feeling that you're stuck somewhere. I'm sure that it would be daunting to give up a good paying position, but if you're just going...

I understand those that took offense to the OP's statement of settling, but it is a reality of most new nurses today that a hospital job is the goal. I went into LTC unsure of my goals, it was more...

Thank you for the responses! I have no idea what system is intended for use, but I can see that some changes in our current system will have to be associated. We do currently have all meds with a...

We're currently paper charting but I was recently told we'll be going to electronic and that really worries me. I'm still new, relatively slow, and last night I was passing 4pm meds at 7:10pm (I've...

I'm also a recent grad (wow- a whole year already!), only been working in LTC for going on five months. I didn't expect to like it, took a job with convenient hours, close to home, and expected I'd...

I can't imagine having enough staff that someone can leave! I'm sure that's annoying, but I think I'd show up expecting to work, and be thrilled if I ended up with the day off instead. I'm not trying...

Thanks to everyone for the feedback. I certainly have delegated stuff like cookies, that might have been a bad example, it's just that usually everyone is so busy that when I ask, the CNAs never get...

I'm going on five months at my LTC job, new nurse, no prior LTC experience. I have yet to leave on time- usually about an hour late- this past weekend it was an hour and a half because my floor was...

I would caution that while you don't think that you'll be assigned a floor, as the supervisor rather than floor nurse (I'm sorry so many jumped on the RN/LPN thing that you clarified), in our...

I was in your position, quite recently! Started in Jan, never worked in LTC in any capacity and new to nursing after 14+ years in a completely unrelated career field. I was lucky to have 11...

That's a tough introduction to working on your own. I've only been on my own a couple months, and thankfully I haven't had an admission or someone sent out yet, because I know that would easily put...

I can't really answer your questions, as the CNAs on the floor would be doing that during my shift. But, I can tell you that in the eight hour shift, each CNA on my unit is responsible for approx...

I love my wonderwink pants, and my grey's anatomy shirts.

Can't really give any answer without the full story, from what I've heard of LTC it's "fire first, ask questions later". You'll probably never know the real reason she was let go, hopefully it works...

I'm surprised by the answers here, as a relatively new nurse myself, the only meds I heard it was a no-no to borrow was the narcs- they can be dispensed by the supervisor from the Pyxis if necessary....

We do borrow, no-no or not, it's better than missing a medication.

Old thread, but I'm interested to see if anyone else chimes in. I'm a new grad, started at $25.90/hr a few months ago, in SECT.

Our facility is acting seeking out RNs for floor positions. I'm on a long-term care floor, low acuity, 30 residents. May not be the most clinically challenging, but I'm working on my time management...