Advice for Working 4 Hour Shifts?

[Newgurl17, CNA, LPN]

Hey all! So i'm a new nurse working in a long term care facility and was wondering if I could please get some help with time management and prioritization? I have been working for 4 months now. I have done 5 shifts on this unit, working on the one side of the unit for 3 of those shifts now. There are 17 residents on this side. There isn't a shift routine sheet for this shift but from orientation, this is the schedule i came up with so far:

4pm: read report, check calendar, pick up keys and phone, report to rn, put away meds from pharmacy, process/fax new meds, assess ill residents, reorder meds prn

4:30 - start med admin, help with feeding residents

6- head over to other side of unit to help with feeds, basically covering for the 3-11 lpn while he/she is on break

7- hs meds

8 - off the floor

I adapted some of the information from the the 3 - 11 shift routine. It was my first 4 to 8 shift yesterday and will be second shift today.

One of the things i feel bad about is not putting away the medications from pharmacy. Before i started giving meds for supper, i read report, talked to a family member and the rn, read the calendar and the nurse communication book, and was trying to find an order from the doctor to have a resident's blood sugar checked once a day for a week. Today i am just going over my performance from yesterday's shift before i go to work.

[Newgurl17, CNA, LPN]

Anyone have any advice for working 5 hours in the morning (8-1)? I would have to cover for an RN. There will be another nurse who will be working from 0700 to 1500.