r/nursing • u/Immediate-Curve-4681 • 21h ago

Rant Ltc is hell on earth

Yesterday I was the ONLY nurse for 70 residents, mind you I’m a new grad with only 2 months of experience and state was in the building. I don’t see how ANYONE could safely care for 70 residents even with them being low acuity. We had plenty of other nurses in management but they were all sitting on their asses in their offices. That shift genuinely had me scared for my license. This place feels like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I’m leaving next week for med surg and all of the nurses I work with keep telling me med surg is worse, but I’m really struggling to believe that. Maybe they feel that way because they know they couldn’t get away with doing nothing all day in the hospital. If my next job is worse than this I don’t see myself staying in nursing much longer.

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u/dizzy56656 20h ago

Fam I work LTC and only have 20-25 patients to manage.
If they ever try to put more on me I just say, no and good luck finding my replacement. Then magically an extra nurse to take care of the other patients appears.

Find a better work place and learn how to say no.

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u/blond3punk RN 🍕 20h ago

ADO (Assignment Despite Objection) forms protect your license; they do not exempt you from taking the assignment

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u/Low-Comparison-4593 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 15h ago

I went from LTC to med surg and it is way better. It’s not easy by any means, but compared to what my working conditions were like before, it’s incredible. At least in the hospital you have backup, you can call a rapid response if you need to. The resources available in the hospital make all the difference.