Are you a nurse in a nursing home? what are your responsibilities as a nurse in the nursing home?

Answer 1

I have worked as a nurse assistant in a nursing home and basically, the nurses pass out the medication and sit on their butt while we do all the rest.

Answer 2

I'm not a nurse in a nursing home, but I did work as a housekeeper in a nursing home. Anyway, the nursing home that I worked in the nurses worked really hard. They had about 26 patients to take care of. I know that they passed out medications, put new gauzings on the patients and did a lot of other things. I'm considering nursing as a career for myself and hope that I never have to work in a nursing home. I think that these folks work way to hard for the pay that they get.

Answer 3

I am a Licensed Practical nurse in a NH. I give medication to the residents, call Drs for sick patients and get new medications for them, I do wound care and preventitve care. I am friend to the elderly and a voice when they are not being heard. i supervise Certified nursing Assistants, I watch and make sure the residents are maintaining their skills (feeding, dressing, bathing themselves) and communicate with other departments when i see a decline. I monitor care and the progression or retreat of certain illness. I am a friend to family members, who are struggling with various emotions of them having a family member in a NH. There is soo much more. This is the tip of the iceburg!

Answer 4

I have dedicated my career to Geritrics. I have worked in Nursing homes since 1989. I started out as a Nursing assistant and it is a very hard, strrerssful, emotional ...but rewarding job...I also thought the Nurses sat on their butts alday.....Not so After completing Nursing School I choose to continue my career in Nursing homes. I find our eldery a very special group of people I learn so much form them and receive so much love. I am responible for overseeing the nursing assistants (CENAs), passing medications, doing wound treatments contaction the doctors to upday on resident changes. Assisting families on dealing with their loved ones changes and declines, implementing and carring our care plans to name just a few of my duties (while I sit on my butt) The CeNas work very hard and are my back bone but I work hard also very hard. They can leave at the end of their shift but I many times are there 3 to 4 hours after I was sopose to leave... The gov is very strict on regulations, drug reductions pain issures ect...and if the documentaion is not appropriate a nsh home can be sited. I help ease dying people out of this world with love compassion, dignity and comfort at the same time dealing with grieving families. I am responsible for caring for 28 residents (which is hard sitting on my butt al day). Today people young and old are released out of hospitals very soon after surgery 3 days usually so for follow up care and therapy many are sent to nursing homes..We have fresh post op 's , IV therapy, tube feeding, TpN,,,and tons more...I love every minute...I look at my resident as a whole.......from head to toe, not a fresh gallbladder or hip in room whatever....I deal with psycosocial, griefing many many tasks...Nursing home nurses in my opinion are the best......There skills are top notch, but there as in anywhere are a few bad apples.....I recently decided I needed a change in the nursing field (the beauty of nursing vast options) and went in to OB and Peds. I was so depressed after work dealing with abuse, babies having babies ect I went right back into Nursing home nursing. If I can make one persons last stomping grounds and help grieving familes then I feel I have done a good rewarding job....I dont knopw why you asked this question but I hope I helded and good luck....

Answer 5

it depends with what kind of title you have..If you're a registered nurse, you supervised the staff, you admit clients, you discharge them, you delegate some duties to your LVN's etc..but if you're a LVN, you're a charge nurse, you pass the medications, you can insert IV fluids only if you're certified, but you're not allowed to do an IV push..you can do accucheck and inject medications per subcu,IM and other route but not through IV..sometimes you do treatments too..there's a lot of duties actually..