oreocookie

I can understand your frustration. I also work in a corporate owned long-term care facility with the same problems as your facility. We are always running out of supplies. It seems like we never have lactes for accuchecks, thermometers, blood pressure cuffs. Our facility has three units with only one thermometer and one blood pressure cuff and one pulse oximeter. We are always trying to hunt down supplies for our patients that need oxygen. The kitchen constantly runs out of food. On the weekends the residents are lucky to get a decent meal. Administrator, unit managers and central supply are well aware of the problem, but their biggest concern is making sure nurses aren't getting any overtime.

I work in long-term care where some of the patients are hospice patients. They remain in the long-term care facility and the nurses from the hospice agency came to visit daily. The hospice nurse that was caring for one of my patients suggested giving morphine and ativan together prn with no concern.

I was assisting a co-worker with a g-tube patient and was accidently slashed on the arms and face with stomach contents. This patient has just finished antibiotics for a VRE and MRSA infection. Should I be concerned? I washed my arms and hands with antibacterial soap and applied pure alcohol afterwards. I just hate that this happened.

I am a new grad from Georgia and my first job is in long-term care with a starting pay of 17.00/hr. The county hospital here only pays 13.84/hr for lpns.