I am a new LTC director of nursing in an 80 resident facility. I am thinking about pulling the daily skin assessments from the floor nurses and have the wound care nurse assess. Trying to organize and...
Thank u! Every shift is responsible for skin assessments now. Wc nurse has taken about 20 res and the remaining have been split btw all 3 shifts. Night shift signs in meds.... Which I have to work...
Wound care nurse has all wound care residents in addition to those with potential or past breakdowns on her list for the week. Then, I split the other 60 to the 3 shifts, listing those with early 5am...