Re: LTC Success Originally Posted by jennyga I love it when there are those that really care in LTC, I am a nursing student and I have no idea where I will work when I am done. Well I was talking to some of my classmates about where they were planning to work and one student said LTC, and another replied I dont want to work in LTC because its so easy.
Well I was kinda upset, but I didnt want or feel the need to say anything. Ltc is not easy or for lazy people it is for those who have a heart and will care for the residents and know that the facility is there home!!! It really just rubbed me the wrong way. But anyways I think it s great and I would like to hear all Ltc success stories!!
I agree.
LTC is NOT for me, but it has nothing to do with it being "easy" or "hard".
For me it is an emotional thing: the residents there remind me of my grandparents. During CNA rotations and now during 1st quarter LPN rotations, I am in LTC facilities. I give the very BEST care that I can, with a smile on my face and a song in my heart; then, later... after I get home... I get into a blue funk that scares my wife!
I can handle "blood n guts" with the best of them; sweet little old ladies and gentlemen in their twilight years, waiting to be fed, toileted, or cleaned up just breaks my heart.
I wouldn't be able to be a nurse very long if my only option was LTC; just too darn emotionally demanding.
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