shunkio

I just left a job I had for two years that I worked 6p-6a on a rotating schedule and I adore that. I'm moving back to my hometown in Florida where I will be working either 3-11 or 11-7 and I would much rather work night shift but I will definitely miss those twelve-hour shifts. Night shift is awesome because you have more time to do what it is you have to do and you don't have to deal with a whole lot of family members, supervisors, and whatnot.

Mississippi and Florida laws dictate that residents should not get up any earlier than five in the morning. Any earlier constitutes neglect.

I have worked in LTC for three years and two of those years have been on 6p-6a when there really is not an RN present with a building full of LPNs and CNAs. I have always written the order for either a coroner or RN to pronounce death at the time I'm charting the evaluation of the patient and then when they come in, I usually ask them what time or just chart that the coroner or RN is currently at bedside and blah blah blah.

It can be done efficiently and legally. I have been an LPN for three years and have worked in two different facilities and have also filled in and worked on every single shift imaginable. I have had anywhere from twenty to almost forty residents at any given time and have been able to manage the med pass with giving all meds on time all while answering call lights and toileting people. It is all a matter of what you are used to and able to handle. It does help if you know your residents well, how they take their meds, and what they like to take it with as well.