Navigating Long-Term Care: A Practical Approach for Nurses

Despite the training nurses receive in school, nothing prepares them for the reality of working in a long-term care facility.

Achieving success as a long-term care nurse requires understanding organizational structures, state and federal regulations, and work processes. It can be discouraging when the quality of one’s work is questioned, especially after putting in hard work. It is even more morally distressing when one is hardly oriented to or trained in their work processes, as is common in long-term care practice.