cornelia

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 n...

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 n...

Thank you all for the encouragement and great ideas. I have made up an hourly schedule of the activities I need to get done by certain times. e.g. All vitals need to be documented by 12am, New orders picked up by 2AM, Labs done , 24hour report by 5AM...

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

I work in a LTC facility this is my first job and I'm still building confidence and growing skills. I have a resident who does intermittent straight cath. on himself during the night, he is 75 yrs old. His technique is acceptable, he has been doing i...

Thanks for the advice. The resident uses a new cath. every time and they are the clear ones. I did manage to leave a measuring tape as a guide for him to use. The past few times seem to be more successful. :)