Compare And Contrast Long Term Care Vs Hospital

As a student nursing performing clinicals in both short-term and long-term care facilities, I have noticed a few differences among the two. To begin with, long term care does not have “patients”, they have “residents”. In long-term care facilities they have residents who live there, where as acute care has “patients” because they only stay for a short period of time. In fact, discharge planning starts upon admission when entering in a hospital, especially for the elderly because the longer the elderly stay in a foreign environment the more chances of becoming disoriented. Comparatively, when analyzing the demographics individually amongst long-term acer and short-term care I have realized that nursing homes are mainly occupied by the elderly and those with disabilities, while hospitals are for anyone.
As a result, treatment can be prescribed in a timelier manner than in a nursing home that mainly only consists of nurses being that the hospitals have doctors who are the chief care providers. However, in a LPN point of view, LPN’s responsibilities in a nursing home are similar to those as a RN. To demonstrate, in a hospital registered nurses can only write prescriptions over the phone, where in a long-term care setting licensed practicing nurses are not only granted the privilege but also expected to do so. In addition, LPN’s make more money in a nursing home than they would in a hospital and they get more experience in the long-term care setting