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working in a 120 bed skilled nursing/ltc facility, 11-7 shift with 2 lpns, shift supervisor (either lpn or rn depending upon availability) and 5 cnas (6 if you're lucky!) how does this staffing ratio compare to others??

I am (kinda) new to LTC, others in my facility complain, I just wondered how our staffing compared. And a big Thank you for this advice, nice way of putting it. I think I will share this with my co-workers.

Wow! So many things to say... First of all, you are absolutely correct that the letters behind a name mean absolutely nothing. You have some RNs that are newer nurses and still only know "text-book", while an LPN who has been a nurse for many years h...