Free Guides for New LPNs: Shift Organization, Med Pass, Charting, and Report

Free download: grab the Free Clinical Day Checklist from Shift Ready Studio, a one-page printable for the night before and the morning of clinical or shift.

Practical, plain-language guides for LPN and LVN students and new nurses working in long-term care and subacute rehab. Written by Shift Ready Studio.

Free guides

• How to Organize a 4-Patient LPN Shift (Without Losing Your Mind)
• Med Pass Time Management for New LPNs: How to Finish on Time Without Cutting Corners
• Fall Risk Rounds for New LPNs: A Simple Hourly System for Long-Term Care
• How to Call the Provider About a Change of Condition: An SBAR Guide for New LPNs
• New Admission Checklist for LPNs: How to Settle a Long-Term Care Admission Without Missing a Step
• End-of-Shift Report for New LPNs: A 15-Minute Hand-Off Routine That Leaves Nothing Behind
• Skilled Charting for New LPNs: How to Write Medicare Skilled Notes That Actually Hold Up
• Wound Care Documentation for New LPNs: What to Measure, Describe, and Chart Every Time
• Fingersticks and Insulin Timing for New LPNs: A Simple System for AC and HS Checks in Long-Term Care
• PRN Pain Medication for New LPNs: How to Assess, Give, Reassess, and Chart Every Dose
• Your First Week as a New LPN in Long-Term Care: A Day-by-Day Survival Plan
• When a Resident Refuses Medication: How New LPNs Should Respond, Report, and Chart a Refusal
• The Narcotic Count for New LPNs: How to Do a Clean Controlled Substance Count at Every Shift Change
• An 8-Week NCLEX-PN Study Plan for LPN Students: What to Study Each Week and How to Track It
• Drug Cards for LPN Students: What to Put on Each Card and How to Study Them Faster
• How to Write an LPN Care Plan Faster: A Repeatable Method for Nursing Students
• The Evening Shift Timeline for New LPNs: An Hour-by-Hour Plan for a 3-11 in Long-Term Care
• LPN Head-to-Toe Assessment Checklist for Long-Term Care
• Nursing Skin Check Sheet for LPNs: Weekly Skin Assessment and Pressure Injury Prevention in Long-Term Care
• Hold Parameters for New LPNs: How to Check, Hold, Report, and Chart a Medication Safely in Long-Term Care
• After a Resident Falls: A First-Hour Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Low Blood Sugar on Your Shift: A Hypoglycemia Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A New Fever or Possible Infection: An Early-Warning Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Giving Medications Through a G-Tube: A Step-by-Step Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Sundowning on the Evening Shift: A Calm-Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Aspiration Precautions at Mealtime: A Safe-Swallow Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Sending a Resident to the Hospital: A Transfer Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Oxygen Therapy on Your Shift: A Safety Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Foley Catheter Care on Your Shift: A CAUTI Prevention Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Bowel Tracking and Constipation on Your Shift: A Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Dehydration and Fluid Intake on Your Shift: An Early-Warning Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Isolation Precautions on Your Shift: A Contact and Droplet Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Residents on Blood Thinners: A Bleeding Watch Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Sudden Confusion in a Resident: A Delirium Early Warning Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Shortness of Breath in a Resident: A Respiratory Distress Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Chest Pain in a Resident: A First-Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Possible Stroke in a Resident: A BE FAST Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Seizure in a Resident: A First-Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• High Blood Sugar on Your Shift: A Hyperglycemia Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Blood Pressure Out of Range: A High and Low Blood Pressure Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Pain in a Resident Who Cannot Tell You: A Nonverbal Pain Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Skin Tears on Your Shift: A Prevention and First-Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Daily Weights and Swelling: A Heart Failure Watch Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Medication Patches on Your Shift: A Transdermal Patch Safety Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A Resident Is Missing: An Elopement and Wandering Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A New Allergic Reaction: An Anaphylaxis Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• When a Resident Dies on Your Shift: A Postmortem Care and Family Support Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Nausea and Vomiting in a Resident: An Early-Warning Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Poor Appetite and Weight Loss in a Resident: An Early-Warning Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A Medication Error on Your Shift: A What-to-Do-Next Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A Resident Is Choking: A First-Minutes Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• IV and PICC Lines in Subacute: A Line-Safety Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• When a Resident Becomes Aggressive: A Safety and De-escalation Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Diabetic Foot Checks on Your Shift: A Foot Care and Early-Warning Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Tube Feedings on Your Shift: An Enteral Feeding Pump Safety Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Trach Care on Your Shift: A Tracheostomy Safety Checklist for New LPNs in Subacute and Long-Term Care
• New Diarrhea in a Resident: A C. diff Early-Warning Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Possible UTI in a Resident: A Urinary Symptom Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Comfort Care for a Resident on Hospice: An End-of-Life Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Oral Care for Dependent Residents: A Mouth Care and Pneumonia Prevention Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Contracture Prevention and Range of Motion: A Positioning and Mobility Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A Resident Who Cannot Sleep: A Calm Bedtime and Sleep Problem Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Glasses, Hearing Aids, and Dentures: A Sensory Aid Care Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Ostomy Care on Your Shift: A Colostomy and Ileostomy Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Nebulizer and Inhaler Treatments on Your Shift: A Breathing Treatment Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Hand Hygiene and Glove Use on Your Shift: An Infection Prevention Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A New Admission on Your Shift: An Admission Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A Discharge Home on Your Shift: A Discharge Checklist for New LPNs in Subacute and Long-Term Care
• A Resident on Dialysis: A Fistula, Fluid, and Post-Dialysis Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• Insulin Pens on Your Shift: An Insulin Pen Safety Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A Resident with a Wound Vac: A Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• You Found a New Pressure Injury: A First-Steps Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A G-Tube Site Problem or a Dislodged Tube: A First-Response Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A New Rash on a Resident: An Assess-and-Report Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• One Swollen, Painful Leg: A Possible Blood Clot Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• A New Cough on Your Shift: An Assess-and-Report Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care
• New Confusion or Acute Mental Status Change: An Assess-and-Report Checklist for New LPNs in Long-Term Care

Printable shift tools

• Free Clinical Day Checklist: start here, free download
• Shift Ready Studio on Substack: free guides by email, subscribe free
• How to organize a 4-patient LPN shift (Substack)
• Med pass time management for new LPNs (Substack)
• First week as a new LPN in long-term care (Substack)
• LPN care plan method (Substack)
• Drug cards for LPN students (Substack)
• 8-week NCLEX-PN study plan (Substack)
• Clinical Day Prep, free Notion template (duplicate it into your own Notion)
• LPN Complete Shift Kit: brain sheet, med pass tracker, SBAR hand-off, and more in one bundle
• LPN 4-Patient Brain Sheet
• SBAR Hand-Off and Change of Condition sheet
• New Admission Checklist: arrival checklist, baseline assessment, and 72-hour follow-up, $4
• Full Shift Ready Studio shop
• LPN Brain Sheet Template for a 4-Patient Shift
• LPN SBAR Template for Change of Condition and Shift Report
• LPN Med Pass Tracker and Time Management Guide
• LPN Fall Risk Checklist for Long-Term Care and Subacute Rehab
• Free LPN Clinical Day Checklist for Students
• LPN Care Plan Template for Nursing Students
• Nursing Drug Card Template for LPN Students
• NCLEX-PN Study Schedule Template and Free Countdown
• Nurse Report Sheet Template for LPNs
• Nursing Skin Check Sheet for LPNs
• LPN Wound Documentation Template: What to Chart for Every Wound
• Narcotic Count Sheet for LPNs: How to Do a Clean Shift-Change Count
• Insulin and Fingerstick Log for LPNs: A Simple AC and HS Tracking Sheet
• PRN Pain Reassessment Log for LPNs: Assess, Give, Reassess, Chart
• Medication Refusal Documentation for LPNs: What to Do, Report, and Chart
• LPN Head-to-Toe Assessment Checklist
• New Grad LPN Checklist: NCLEX-PN to Your First Month
• LPN Cheat Sheet for Long-Term Care
• Notion Templates for Nursing Students and New LPNs
• End of Shift Checklist for Nurses
• Before You Call the Provider: A Checklist for New LPNs
• New Admission Checklist for Nurses
• Post-Fall Checklist for Nurses
• Skin Tear Checklist for Nurses
• Blood Pressure Out of Range Checklist for Nurses
• Blood Sugar Checklist for Nurses (Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia)
• Mirror of this list on Write.as

For personal study and organization only; always follow your facility's policies and your nursing scope of practice. Not medical advice.

Free printable: get the Free Clinical Day Checklist (no cost, instant download) from Shift Ready Studio.

Free flashcards: review pre-administration checks and antidotes with the free Common LPN Meds flashcards on Quizlet from Shift Ready Studio.