LPNagain7

If you really want to relocate & try something new a relocation package in NY can work. It depends on where you are moving to though, it is easy to move around in NYC with trains/buses. It really depends on you & whether or not you want to stay in Canada & travel to the hospital or make a big move to NYC. Think about what you can really handle. I know I could not relocate easily.

That’s what I understand now but the whole environment (especially in this facility in Brooklyn) just stresses me out, not to mention the constant noise / chatting of the staff. I find it extremely daunting trying to pass all of these meds to 40 residents. I can barely even do it to be honest. The documentation as well, the whole thing just paralyzes me with dread.

Okay I gotcha. What kind of business did you start? I am trying LTC but I don’t think it’s for me. My other option is Homecare other than that I’m not sure what else I can do where I am in Manhattan because of my experience. I am starting to think about doing an LPN-RN program. I don’t like the limits of being an LPN.

I didn’t stay with the nursing home I mentioned in my first post. Since then I finished orientation at a nursing home in Brooklyn & will finish orientation at another facility on the West Side. Good luck with your interview.

I am new to the facility so transferring to the subacute floor isn't an option unless I "prove myself." I did my first two days of training on the subacute floors & they were intense. A lot going on but a 1:20 nurse/patient ratio is much easier to deal with. Day four of orientation is over, the CNA's do their work. I am training on a floor now where one nurse deals with 39 patients. After not working as a nurse for two years I am just baffled with figuring out how to do give out all these medications, do all these vitals, finger sticks, & treatments for dozens of patients - the facility says I have to take a lunch break too - when? I think I am in way over my head.

I’m in New York. Thanks for replying. I appreciate it.

Hello, I have been reading this forum for some time & decided to make an account & post something. I am a LPN doing orientation at a LTC / rehab facility & this is day three (3). I tried to switch careers & now two (2) years later I am back to being an LPN. The facility I am training in has a nurse/patient ratio of 1:40 unless it’s the sub acute floor(s) with a ratio of 1:20 because there’s two LPN’s for 40 patients. I have 5-6 months nursing home experience & 1 year 1/2 home care experience. I feel overwhelmed & don’t know if I’ll be able to work on the floor alone as the only nurse for 40 patients (Day Shift). The whole atmosphere is exhausting & it appears that the only way to get by is by taking short cuts. I am thinking about trying to last 6 months to refresh my resume & just go back to home care or should I try to keep going? I don’t know, I am working as an LPN again out of necessity if not desperation but I want to make it work. Any advice? Any comments? Anything would be appreciated!