cornelia

Thank you for your helpful suggestions, I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

I really have to take my hats off to the great nurses in the LTC area, how do you do it all? I am a new RN, this is my first month on the job after 5 days of orientation, I am the charge nurse on nights with 3 sometimes 4 CNAs and 40 residents. The night nurse has to pick up orders, do monthly renewals, do meds and treatment sheets, review all the CNA assignments, then chart..chart..chart. Last night for example 2 residents fell during the night, after I finished the mounds of paperwork required I barely had time to do my 6am med pass!!! The 8 hours are just not enough to get ready for 7am morning rounds. I find myself constantly behind and can't seem to get all my charting and paperwork done. Any advice on how to be more effective? I loved helping people and that's why I became a nurse but after 3 weeks I'm ready to QUIT... Please help. any time management tips that worked for others would be appreciated