I have worked in LTC for 5 years and have never once been bored. I have admissions to do, Dr. rounds, phoning MD for orders, med pass for 30 residents, supervising entire facility, IV's to hang, IV...
sunfire1725 replied to saraltx's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I am an RN Supervisor at a LTC facility. Right now we have 114 residents, All supervisors were I work have a floor assignment with about 30 residents ( feeding tubes, numerous blood sugars, dressings,...
sunfire1725 replied to OldMareLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I have also seen nurses signing for all their meds given and treatments at the end of their shift, I have never seen the RN's doing this, only the LPN's. I thought maybe that was the way they were...
I had my yearly PPD at work lastnight ( I work in LTC) at 11:30 pm and at 8 am this morning I had a red,raised area and my DON said I need a chest xray. I have a lot of concerns. I know I could just...
I also feel your pain. My doctor recommended me to wear New Balance 608 shoes at work with my insoles that I had to have made for me. I've had all the cortisone injections that I can have, and...
I've only been a nurse for 3 years and I also have chronic PF, and I started having trouble after working only 1 year as a nurse. I had surgery 9 months ago, but still having trouble. Now when I...
sunfire1725 replied to aerinlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC
This sounds normal to me. We have 104 residents right now where I work. If we are lucky we have one nurse and 2 aids to every 26 residents. Most of the time we work with less because we have alot of...
We I work we have been having trouble with nursing staff, not enough! We have calls offs almost everyday, and just the other day there were only 2 nurses in the facility for 105 residents. There...