Assisted Living Nurse Essay

For as long as I can remember I have always loved being around elderly people, helping them, and showing them that not all of my generation is rude and inconsiderate. I remember meeting my grandmother for the first time this year, it was very saddening to see all of the elderly people wasting away in the hallways with no one to talk to, all those stories to be told but no one around to listen. As I was walking the halls trying to find my parents, multiple little old grey haired ladies stopped me just to talk. To them I was a friendly face, and someone they can talk to without any judgment. Being an assisted living nurse while at times may be difficult, it is rewarding as well. The most difficult part would be knowing that not just one of my
On a normal day one would discuss patients with the nurse who was previously were on shift, to basically tie up loose ends on who needs to be watched extra carefully and who is doing perfectly well. After getting information on how the residents are doing it’s time to start the “Med” list, the Med list is a book full of what kind of medication, what dose of each medicine and how often, for each resident. After getting the residents medication ready, one should double check to see if they have the correct amount of medication and sign each medication in the book to ensure others looking through the book that all the residents have been well taken care of. After everyone is all taken care of then one can start charting and adding notes to the residents charts. No matter what time of day it is one has to prioritize what's most important, for example if a resident falls and breaks something, while in another part of the home a resident wants something to snack on, one has to tend to the most important issue. Towards the end of the shift one has to report to other nurses on what has happened during the shift, and then do a narcotic count, after that one can leave