Reality in the LTC

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Do you all think that one nurse for 30 residents is an "average" number?

And for the nurse taking care of these residents in an 8 hour shift, is it realistic for her to do all meds, all treatments, chart and get out on time at the end of her shift? (a first shift position)

Those of you in long term care do you all usually get out in time or are you still doing things (charting etc.) past your official quitting time?

Just very curious.

So once I get my routine down, for a shift that is 6am to 2:30pm, you guys are saying that it is feasible to be out by 3:30pm?

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So once I get my routine down, for a shift that is 6am to 2:30pm, you guys are saying that it is feasible to be out by 3:30pm?

It's feasible to be out by 2:45.

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Specializes in LTC since 1972, team leader, supervisor,.

From my experience, it depends on what type of LTC unit you work on. My facility has a Medicare unit, which also has all the tube feeders. When you are on this unit, you may not get out on time because of the extra charting and the acuity of the residents. On the dementia unit, generally you can get done with everything except when there are a lot of incident reports. One unit has a tremendous med pass and honestly most of your time is spent passing meds, one incident or emergency and you will not get out on time. So I guess what I am saying is it depends on the acuity of your unit and what is going on to determine whether you will get out on time or not

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