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This sounds like good advice, unfortunately I am it. We have no medication aids, we have HCA's, but they are busy getting resident's up or into the dining room. We are also expected to do doctors rounds and medication reviews, during med passes. This means we get interrupted a lot. When I c/o about this to management they stated I should be able to handle interruptions. That is part of my job. Well enough said. I do not think it is going to change anytime soon. The best we can do is try and come up with strategies to meet these interruptions and perform perfectly inspite of them, which is expected. By the way why are the nurses the only ones expected to be perfect. Everyone else Docs, etc can make mistakes and say opps, sorry about that and still maintain their licence. Question # 2 - In the case of having too many residents to look after, where is the accountability for the management at these facilities. Why is it that we have to perform perfectly regardless of company policy. Okay so that was Question # 3. I think I have said enough, thanks for the input.

Leave while you still can and go to another LTC. When you interview, ask what the nurse/resident ratio is. If you don't like it try another one.

:up:Unfortunately this is the current trend in LTC. It is not going to change to fast. Listen to the others who have posted. It took me 6 months to pare my am med passes to 2 hours. Hang in there. You can ask your supervisor for help in this area, but chances are s/he may not be helpful. Ask the person who orientated you, or one of your collegues you feel good about approaching. The most important thing and it has been stated here is to make sure, MAKE SURE, you get the right med to the right person and the right time, remember your 6 rights. Again, hang in there. You can do it.

I take care of 32 residents during the day shift. We can have 5, 4, or 3 LPNs, depending on who calls in sick. They do not replace the first sick call. We have 155 residents at our facility. I have the dubious pleasure of having 32 residents with 16 on one side of the blding and 16 on the other side. I am on sick leave at the moment with depression, anxiety and stress. I am attempting to get my doc to give me LTD, she is very reluctant to do so. I am also in danger of losing my licence. Trying to explain everything to anyone who will listen does not help. They try to make me think that I am the only one having this difficulty. Any ideas, strung out.

Hi: I'm from Canada eh? Are there any online certification courses for us cannucks up here? I have the basic given by my institution, but wish to know more indepth information. Expectations