nurseinmilo

i work swing shift 3 halls, one hall behind closed doors. generlly there 80 residents total, 3 lpns, 7 cnas, i feel fortunate. nights however suffers the most, if census drops as it did last week in our facility to 78, night shift worked 1 lpn and 3 cna's.....talk about dangerous....as long as regs were met administation was ok with that, i have given 2 weeks notice.

20:1 patient staff on nights in missouri in a nursing home

yes the law says we take a break 15 minutes beginning and end of shift with a 30minute lunch in the middle and the policy says no food or drink at the desk.....kind of a catch 22 for me..... i have learned to eat really really fast!!! just not sure how healthy that is!!

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does sound like a typical day

YOU MAY AS WELL BECOME A NURSE. YOU SOUND KNOWLEDGABLE AND YOU WILL HAVE A CLEAR DEFINITION OF SCOPE OF PRACTICE. HOWEVER IN DEFENSE OF NURSES ON THE PHONE, I MUST TELL YOU ABOUT A SITUATION I WAS IN...FIRST THE SCENERIO...I WORK ON A LONG TERM VENT UNIT WHICH ENTAILS EACH PT NOT ONLY TO BE ON A VENT....BUT USUALLY A GT, CATH, IV....ETC LEAVING THEM EXTREMELY SUSCEPTABLE TO VARIOUS INFECTIONS.....NOT TO MENTION PSCHYCO-SOCIAL PROBLEMS.. I AM A LPN (CHARGE) I PASS THE MEDS, DO THE TX'S, CHANGE THE FEEDINGS, RUN MY IV'S, ETC, AND CALL THE DOC. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH A PHYSICIAN, AND MY CNA WAS NEEDING ASSISTANCE WITH A PT WHO NEEDED HIS TX DONE, WHICH I KNEW I WOULD BE DOING ASAP, HOWEVER THIS CNA WANTED TO TAKE HER LUNCH BREAK ( I USUALLY TAKE A WORKING LUNCH BREAK) AND WHILE I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THE DOCTOR WE LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND I GESTURE TO HER JUST A MINUTE, SHE GESTURES BACK TO ME WITH A TAPPING ON HER WATCH, TO LET ME KNOW TO HURRY UP WITH MY PHONE CALL SO SHE COULD TAKE HER LUNCH!!!