Workload @ your facility

HippyDippyLPN · Jun 15, 2013

Yes it does, but that doesn't make it right. 3-4 showers a shift is just plain not going happen most nights. And it sucks for the resident because instead if having a relaxing shower the over worked STNA has to get it done in 5 minutes to accommodate the other 3 residents that haven't had a shower in 3-4 days either. I work seconds as an STNA and found it more work than first shift. They tend to have more hands when management is around.

HippyDippyLPN · Jun 15, 2013

I worked seconds* ugh I can spell apparently.

mstearns09 · Jun 16, 2013

I worked evenings for a year and a half and that sounds about right but unfortunately, we are often had more like 20 per aide due to call-ins and lack of staff. We didn't do showers, though, as there are two aides on day shift specifically for showers. I changed shifts in October and took one of those shower aide positions.

AleksTheCNA · Jul 17, 2013

I work on the LTC floor of my nursing home. We have 67 residents on the floor and 6 CNA's. 11 residents each and one with 12. I find it unfair that the rehab floor, which is significantly easier, has a round 43 residents, and often 5 or 6 CNA's assigned there.

Mewsin · Jul 17, 2013

I work nights in ltc, from 7-11 there are 4 of us looking after 44 residents,we give them lunch and then get them into bed, from 11 until 7 there are 2 of us. We don't have meals but when people start crawling out of bed we have to get them up, sometimes the 2 of us get up 17 people.

Jaynie_Marie · Jul 17, 2013

I work 11-7 at a LTC, and there are five CNAs for approx 87 residents (thats when we are fully staffed, sometimes there are only four of us, though we try not to go any fewer). I worked 7-3 for a while at this same facility, and on that shift there is usually 14-16 residents per two CNAs and a designated 'bath aide' to take care of all the showers on the shift.

JDZ344 · Jul 17, 2013

I was wondering for everyone else here, what shift they worked and what the workload was, meaning patient ratio + routine (meals, showers, etc.)
I work evening shift and we typically have 12-14 residents, with one meal (dinner ) and we're assigned 3-4 showers a piece. Does this sound about the norm for evening shift?

I work double shifts, usually and get three meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner). I will have between 4 and 14 people (depending on if anybody is called in sick and where I am working) to get washed and dressed. I do get help with the full cares- we double up for those. I shower some, depends how mobile they are. We don't have set numbers, really.

Skayda · Jul 19, 2013

Wow, you all just reminded me why I opted for home care instead of LTC. The limit of how many residents we can have per household is six and no more. Right now by myself I take care of four elderly and one is self-sufficient but for Med pass, meals and housework, though he does like to sweep the deck. My day starts at 7am and I get the residents up, dressed and out to dining table, then I fix breakfast and feed anyone who needs fed, pass meds and take them to livingroom, clean kitchen, make beds, take laundry down to be washed, take residents one by one to bathroom for toileting, dust, sweep, mop, wash windows, etc til lunch, meds, then repeat thru dinner til bed and I get them all ready and in bed and my shift ends at 8pm but a lot of the time someone needs something in the middle of the night and we have one resident who gets antsy around ten or eleven at night so my boss wants whoever's spending the night to stay up and check on her around those times so I normally get to sleep around midnight depending on the night and start next day over at 7am. I work from Friday at 2pm to Monday at 7am so even though it's annoying that whenever my boss catches me standing still for five minutes even if I haven't taken a break in hours she will find busywork housework for me to do, it's not so bad since I only have to work two and half days a week. :)

jmc10 · Jul 24, 2013

Wow, I feel fortunate. I just started as a CNA in an LTC home, on the day shift. Our ratio is 1 CNA to 5-6 residents. Its the same in the evening but overnight is 1:12. When I did clinicals in school, we were trained at a place that had a 1:8-10 ratio. I don't know what I would do with 12 patients on a daily basis!

tessa64 · Jul 24, 2013

I work days with 4 to 5 showers and 4 to 5 bed baths everyday, but Sunday then it all bed baths. I have to feed all meals. It is rough.

Mezulvn · Jul 25, 2013

I work night, 7p-7a in rehab. It's only me and one nurse with 20 residents. I answer call lights, change diapers and position total care residents throughout the night.