Hospital or LTC Facility???

[mammaoftwo]

Hi all, which do you believe is the better place to work? Hospital or a LTC Facility and why?

Or is there even a better place to work and why?

Blessings to all!!

[TazziRN, RN]

Depends on what you want. Some people love LTC. Some can't stand it. I personally do not like LTC because I'm an adrenalin junkie, but I admire the people that do.

[coolvibesRN]

I have worked both LTC and hospital. I like the hospital for the experience. Depends what they do in that particular LTC. Where i used to work no ivs, no traches or ventilators. We only took care of stable patients. when they got sick we sent them to hospital. If they had to have iv abts, we sent them to hospital. I got good time mgt skills from LTC,so when i went to the hospital it helped me. If theres a code in LTC its only sometimes just 2 nurses on the floor and CNAS so you call 911 while doing CPR.In the hos you have lots of people show up.

I prefer hospital versus LTC

[pepperann35]

I like LTC. I am night shift nursing supervisor (LPN) We have a sub-acute section, plenty of adrenalin there. Family-like atmosphere, as far as the staff goes. Pay is much better than hospital. Like they said, it depends on what you like.

[dcnballmom, ASN, RN]

i work in LTC - it definitely has its moments - and as far as being boring thats not entirely true - we have IV therapy, rehab, dialysis patients, trachs - not to mention the ones that wont take meds, eat, sleep all day and roam all nite - only thing about my LTC that i dont like is all the paperwork involved and not enough time to dedicate yourself to the healing and caring processes

[st4304]

When you write LTC Facility do you mean nursing home? Just curious. I use to work in a staffing pool for an LTAC and floated between three LTACs.

For those who don't know, an LTAC is a 'long-term acute care' facility. I would take care of patients on ventilators, critical drips, etc. Actually, there were three levels of care there, but because I was an RN with critical care experience, I was always sent to care for the sickest patients. Most of the patients there are trached and are being weaned off of ventilators, or getting intensive physical therapy before going to a nursing home or to home.

The rewarding part of LTAC nursing is that the patients are there for at least a month or longer and you get to see their progress, plus get to know the families as well (of course, sometimes this isn't a plus!).

Sherri