ALF for a newbie

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I just applied for an LPN position at an ALF but I'm super nervous because I'm a new nurse with a bit of a gap since school. I got my license March last year but took the year off from finding work since I had my daughter shortly after graduating. I feel like I've put myself at a huge disadvantage! and lost all knowledge since school :( Is this a good start for a new nurse? will there be adequate training or will I be left on my own? I know I haven't even got an interview yet but this has been on my mind for all the jobs I've applied for.

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Good luck. Usually they use licensed nurses and put their licenses on the line while unlicensed and under educated employees pass meds and do treatments under the license of the nurse they hired.

YMMV, but then again, maybe not.

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yikes!! Thats scary! I withdrew an application for home health for all the shady things I've heard about that...I don't want to be put in that position!

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Specializes in long term care Alzheimers Patients.

I am a nurse in an Assisted Living facility.

We pass all our own meds and do our own treatments. In My state it is not in the LNAS scope of practuce.

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.

I used to work in an ALF on the w/e. My state does not allow med techs so I did all the meds and tx, but no wound care. Any of the residents who needed wound care had HH come in for that.

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I work in AL. I pass meds; we don't have med techs even though it's allowed in Michigan. The Administrator/Owner is a nurse herself and won't allow med techs in her facility. We do have aide "team leaders" who make a lot of decisions regarding care of residents, but as for actual meds, only nurses.

It seems that AL is seeing a higher acuity of residents, and I think they will become more regulated as the trend is toward assisted living (I know of a few new ones, and ones being built in MI).

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