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Are there travel nurse positions in LTC/SNF? I tried to look it up, but couldn't really find any.

Hello, I've recently become interested in travel nursing, but am unsure how to begin. I assume I may need to get more experience before starting. I worked 6 months on a med surg floor and have worked the past two and a half years in long term care and with Alzheimer's/dementia patients. I'd rather not return to med surg, so I am considering applying for a job at a psychiatric facility near where I live. How long do you think I will need to work there in order to have enough experience to travel as a psych nurse? I am open to other specialties as well, but I feel like I already have some geriatric psych experience from working with dementia patients. If anyone has any ideas on what I should do, I would appreciate it;) thank you!

Have you had any luck yet? I'm a new grad in Tacoma area and have a job in a LTC facility, but I'm really looking for a hospital job. I haven't even had anyone call me about an interview though. :/

Okay, to answer all the questions.. There are paper MAR's. Unfortunately, I did not know how to access them, and no one answered their phones to inform me how to do this. It is LTAC, but it is only about 1/4 acute care. Not all of the 70 residents has meds throughout the night (probably around 30 of them, including IV meds), and no treatments are given unless it's necessary. The work is doable, but my concern is the lack of response when calling management. I don't feel comfortable being there by myself with no one to ask questions, and when I try to call someone, no one answers. I don't want to have to turn in my 2 weeks notice to my very first RN job without having another job first, but I feel like this is what I may have to do.

It's just me and 3 CNA's.

Hello, I just found this website, and need some advice. I just graduated and looked around for hospital jobs for a while, with no luck. I settled with a job in a long term/acute care facility. It wasn't what I wanted, but I figured I could at least take it until I could find something else. I work night shift, and there are around 70 residents at this facility and I am the only RN. I don't feel comfortable being there alone considering they only gave me 5 days of orientation, and I am a new grad. I feel like in an emergent situation, I would not know what to do. A few nights ago, the computer system was out for 6 hours during my shift. I called everyone on the list (the DON and administrator included) and no one answered their phones. I didn't know what to do, so no one got their meds since they have no paper charts. I could have harmed someone by doing that, but I didn't know what to do. So, my question is, do you feel like I am risking my license in any way by staying at this job?