In my state we get a quarterly newsletter from the board of nursing and in it it has a list of all the nurses who received diciplinary action against their license for that quarter. It includes their...
I thought 1 lpn to 60 residents on night shift was pretty common,esp. in a non skilled facility. I live in Mo. and the only staff ratios set up in LTC are fire safety ratios . Are there guidelines for...
i once worked at a facility on night shift where i was responsible for 120 residents! it had 36 residents in the residential care part and the rest were in the nursing home part, it was hard work,but...
greenbird replied to Spring_Peeper's topic in Geriatric, LTC
well if there are only going to be four nursing assistants on your shift that means you are going to be responsible for at least 8 patients yourself . if they are total care like you say that means...