randomlymade88

I really do. I have usually 23-25 residents. ~14 are usually LTC, and the rest are rehab. My LTC residents aren't usually too needy... but my rehab residents are very needy. Luckily I do usually have enough time to tend to all their needs promptly. I pass medications, do treatments, 2 weekly skin assessments, incident reports if needed and chart. There is another nurse on the unit who handles admissions, discharges, labs, and Dr. phone calls. If that nurse is overwhelmed with admissions and labs, I step in and help with as much as I can. The job isn't very stressful and I love it. But there have been talk of us getting trach residents. Didn't know if it was true or not- but we now have an updated procedures book with trach care in it. This has a lot of people sort of 'freaked'. It has me freaked. I don't see how I will be able to handle ~8 overly needly rehabs residents, ~12 LTC residents and ~3-5 trach residents??? Is it possible? Is my not very stressful job that I love about to disappear? Advice, encouragement, stories, etc needed!