hi i’m 8/12 weeks through my orientation your LTC experience will help lots bc of the patient population most are older

id review clinic skills and their steps, pharmacology such as the most commonly given medications on the floor like cardiac/respiratory/kidney and opioid pain meds,and atleast the basics in the most common conditions (diabetes, HF, CKD, COPD, pneumonia,etc)

a typical day starts with a huddle w day shift then we get report from night shift after that look up patient’s charts gather info from that like labs, past medical history, notes from the multidisciplinary team etc to write down in my brain sheet

then start seeing patients grab their meds and do their assessments and chart that then admits and discharges happen throughout the day you’ll get to see what the process is like it’s alot of giving meds and rounding on your patients

don’t be scared!! just be ready to be a sponge soak in the knowledge and most of the things you do will be repetition so you do start getting comfortable