Umm...I will have 47 residence to care for !!!!!

[BigB]

I am oreintating as a new grad for the 3-11pm shift. I have found out that I will be doing all the meds, charting and treatments for all 47 of them. Is this even legal?

The unit manager doesn't help with anything on this unit, and the last two people hired on the station both quit after 2 weeks!!! How in the world can a new grad ( me) that doesn't know any of these patients, or have any prior LTC experience get all this done? Meds I could do. But add treatments, charting, and doing the new admits..NO way! I am starting to think I went into something that I won't be at very long.

After a couple days of orientation I am learning a little about the paperwork but it seems like such an uphill battle. Any advice from TLC works?

[doddlebuggin]

This past Sat. the wing was short as per usual on the week-ends (all full time RNs are off) there was not an Lpn to work with me and the part time Rn was physically unable to do a med pass .So after a very sleepless night of trying to figure out How I lil old me was gonna do a med pass to 60 sixty people with out being out of complience. I prob slept 3 hours and Just decided I would put my big girl panties on and do it but that the RN would have to do Tx, Tubes (5) and br tx as I figured by the time I located all the ones that had left the wing It would be time for lunch pass.It was this moment that I also decided Im taking A&p in the fall and hope full by the time Im 52 I'll have every week end off. Im 48 now and the steady income at home,as my hubbys is dependant on the weather. Im venting can you tell..........

[BigB]

This past Sat. the wing was short as per usual on the week-ends (all full time RNs are off) there was not an Lpn to work with me and the part time Rn was physically unable to do a med pass .So after a very sleepless night of trying to figure out How I lil old me was gonna do a med pass to 60 sixty people with out being out of complience. I prob slept 3 hours and Just decided I would put my big girl panties on and do it but that the RN would have to do Tx, Tubes (5) and br tx as I figured by the time I located all the ones that had left the wing It would be time for lunch pass.It was this moment that I also decided Im taking A&p in the fall and hope full by the time Im 52 I'll have every week end off. Im 48 now and the steady income at home,as my hubbys is dependant on the weather. Im venting can you tell..........

It is good to set a goal like that. I often wonder how long our bodies can hold up to all the running around we do in LTC. It is tolerable, barely, when we are younger, but as time goes by the job can kill us.