overloaded in longterm care

Tweety, BSN, RN · May 7, 2006

Welcome. This forum is for introductions.

Why don't you also make a post on the LTC forum here: https://allnurses.com/forums/f22/

nightingale, RN · May 7, 2006

I moved the Thread over to Geriatric and LTC for you.

suebird3 · May 7, 2006

i have been working in longterm care for the past few years. i love caring for my residents. the problem is, there are sometimes as many as 60 i care for with the help of three cna's on 11-7. most nights there are only 4 nurses for a total of 155 residents. it really isn't a safe way to practice. any of you experiencing the same overload?

what kind of facility are you at? my facility is non-medicaid, and there are 120 rezzies. i have had 60 residents on 3-11, and all 120 on 11-7. (we routinely have 4-5 aides on 11-7).

i would say it is all about team work. i am lucky to have good staff. oh, yeah; we all get on each other's nerves, but we know we are there because the residents need us.

CapeCodMermaid, RN · May 7, 2006

I have been working in longterm care for the past few years. I love caring for my residents. The problem is, there are sometimes as many as 60 I care for with the help of three CNA's on 11-7. Most nights there are only 4 nurses for a total of 155 residents. It really isn't a safe way to practice. Any of you experiencing the same overload?

Seems pretty much the average in LTC. Is it a skilled unit? The last place I worked had 142 beds..on 11-7 there were 3 nurses and 6 or 7 CNAs. The place I'm at now is 120 beds...4 nurses and 6 CNAs. The long term and dementia unit have one nurse, the subacute unit has 2.