nelly092

I have been working part time in Long term care for a month. The training is little to none. Just 3 days of very light training before I was thrown out onto the floor. There were many duties expected of me that I was never trained to do such as changing Foley catheters, flushing PICC lines, maintaining IVs. The 7 -3p shift was too chaotic so I decided to work the overnight shift. I had only 2 hrs to check wander guards on 15 residents, take vitals on about 8 residents, give morning meds to 20-25 residents, g tube care on 6 residents, change catheter on 1 resident. I only had 2 hrs to do all of this because I couldn't wake the residents up prior to 5 am. Then I get off at 7am. Every single shift feels like a nightmare to me. My hands fly crazy fast. I never have enough time to get things done. I have missed things and made mistakes because I was just so rushed. If I take a 30 min lunch break, then it might mean I won't finish all my work by the time my shift ends. On my 3-11p shift, I would be on my feet the entire shift, passing out meds non stop. It takes me days just to recover from working 1 shift. I can't imagine working at LTC full time. My question is.. how do nurses survive long term care? how do nurses get everything done on time before their shift ends? I feel like I am going nuts every shift.

Can anyone tell me about their experience with holy family absn? I am thinking about applying.

I am thinking about applying to holy family absn too. Can you please provide some insight on the program? thanks

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I'm currently an LPN at a nursing home LTC, wondering if I should go for my BSN. Currently, I can't imagine working at LTC for years. No nurse here is genuinely happy. I'm just wondering if getting my BSN and working at a hospital would be a better experience than working at a nursing home. Currently I am working 1 nurse to 40 patients in LTC. Things are chaotic, and we are expected to do the impossible. I keep hearing about RNs complaining about hospital under staffing, is it nearly as bad as under staffing in nursing home? If its just as bad or even worse, I probably wouldn't go for my BSN, I would just go for another career. I prefer to hear from RNs who have worked in LTC and hospitals.