LPN Cheat Sheet for Long-Term Care: One Page to Run Your Whole Shift

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New LPNs in long-term care and subacute rehab do not need more facts. They need one place to keep the facts they already have. A shift cheat sheet is that place: one page per shift with your residents, times, and to-dos, so you stop flipping through scraps of paper.

What belongs on an LPN shift cheat sheet

Each resident's room, code status, allergies, and diet
Scheduled med pass times, fingersticks (AC and HS), and treatments
PRNs given, with the time you owe a reassessment
Vital signs due and any abnormal values to follow up on
Falls precautions, turning schedule, and skin checks due
New orders, labs, and provider calls to make or return
Anything you must hand off at report

How to use it every shift

Fill in the resident list during report, before your first med pass
Block your times: med pass, fingersticks, treatments, rounds, charting
Check off tasks as you go, and circle anything that did not get done
Write change-of-condition details in SBAR order so the call is ready
Use the circled items as your end-of-shift report

Get the printable version

LPN 4-Patient Brain Sheet, the one-page shift cheat sheet
LPN Complete Shift Kit, brain sheet, med pass tracker, SBAR hand-off, and more
SBAR Hand-Off and Change of Condition sheet
Free Clinical Day Checklist
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By Shift Ready Studio. For organization only; follow your facility's policies and your scope of practice. Not medical advice.

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