I love my residents/facility/job

[PennStudent]

With so many posts about less-than-ideal long term care facilities, I just wanted to say that I love mine.

I just started a few weeks ago (so maybe my enthusiasm is related to that) as a GPN on days and once I started learning the schedules of my residents, I actually started feeling like I could get everything done in one day. My biggest hurdle still is getting the mountain of charting done at the end of the day, but that's getting easier, too.

Management is very accomodating of schedules and I think very easy to work with, as long as you're willing to work. I feel appreciated and supported. My fellow nurses and aides seem to get along very well and make for a pleasant working environment.

I just wanted people to know that there are great long term care facilities, that not all of them are the "horror stories" we seem to hear so much about.

I take my NCLEX later this month, so I'll get the LPN rate, so I'll love my job even more then.

[CrystalClear75, BSN, RN]

That's great to hear! I've been reading nothing but horror stories about these facilites...but I think "all nurses" is the place to vent so it's difficult to find positive threads.:) I'm hoping my place of work will be the same way. I start my new job at a LTC facility at the end of this month and I'm very nervous but excited at the same time. I'm ready to work hard, just hope that I don't have a huge patient load and have to worry about issues of safety.

Thanks for sharing and best of luck on your test.

Former PA student here.:)

[achot chavi]

a positive outlook is the sign of a healthy well-adjusted mind. I am so happy that you find satisfaction with your work, I too love what I do ,,, who was it that said when you love what you do , you will never have to "work" a day of your life, or something like that.

Most of us really do love what we do and couldn't keep doing it otherwise,

Thank you for sharing

May you be successful in all your endeavors