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Specializes in Nursing Home.

It is my opinion that Nursing Home or LTC Nurses, dont use any of their medical skills, aside from passing meds, and supervising Aides? I hope when I finish Nursing school in 15 months hospital jobs are still available!!!

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Thank you for letting us know your opinion. Now please go away.

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Specializes in LTC.

That is not true. The only difference is we can't use assess we used observed or noted.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Who do you think is doing assessments? Or wound care? Or managing the client receiving IV fluids? I hope when you finish nursing school in 15 months you will have lost that huge chip off of your shoulder...

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Who do you think is doing assessments? Or wound care? Or managing the client receiving IV fluids? I hope when you finish nursing school in 15 months you will have lost that huge chip off of your shoulder...

Well said.

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Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.

I don't think the OP meant to sound as offensive as they did. OP, I encourage you to talk with multiple LTC and Home Care Nurses. You'll find that nursed working in different areas, states, agencies, facilities, May have different responsibilities. In my experience I most see these types of nurses passing mess and assisting with assessments. I also see them doing g-tube care, is ostomy care, wound care etc.... There may be certain skills they might not get to use as much, but they do use many if their procedural clinical skills in my observation.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Oh I don't know. Read some of the other posts she's made....

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Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.
Oh I don't know. Read some of the other posts she's made....

Lolz. Maybe I spoke in defense to soon. ;) and it's a He.

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical, Supervisory, HEDIS, IT.
Who do you think is doing assessments? Or wound care? Or managing the client receiving IV fluids? I hope when you finish nursing school in 15 months you will have lost that huge chip off of your shoulder...

WELL PUT!! :)

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