LTC environment boring and unstimulating!

[gt4everpn]

hello all, i'm a new nurse, i've been working for a month now in a lovely ltc facility!!! ltc is the complete opposite of where i want to work- the icu!!, but i'm an lpn and i cannot work in icu, my point is i find ltc to be unstimulating, its the same thing everyday!! passing meds to 40 residents, etc.., etc.. hospital jobs in ny for pn's are plentiful but they take forever to respond!! i don't know how some people like geriatrics, because most of the residents are half asleep and have dementia so they cant really hold a conversation, there is no patient interaction just massive amounts of uneventful and uneducational work! i just feel like i'm not learning anything!! what's your viewpoint on ltc??

[gt4everpn, BSN, RN]

i wasn't bashing ltc, i just dont think i'm getting all my nrsg info in!!

i didn't think you were bashing ltc at all....i was thinking that you came across w/ a poor attitude about the residents of ltc and the fact that you're a new grad....a young grad w/ little experience under your belt left me feeling that you think you're much to good for "this type of nursing". ltc is nursing and here's just another experience to put under that belt!! good luck!!!

yes, it does help to have experience in various types of nrsg, i love the facility i'm with now. i'm full of energy and i probably watch discovery health (the critical hour, trauma life in the e.r) way too much, i just love that adrenaline stuff!! but i am appreciative of ltc for now! thanx!