Aristacare at Manchester

Working at Aristacare at Manchester

Aristacare at Manchester is a 165-bed nursing home in Manchester, New Jersey. Over the 12-month period CMS measures, 63.2% of its registered nurses stopped working here. Across the 325 New Jersey nursing homes CMS reports, the average is 37.2%, so RN turnover here is higher than at 95% of nursing homes in the state.

Staffing tells the same kind of story. Residents here receive about 31 minutes of RN time per day, against 42 minutes across New Jersey. That is less RN coverage than most New Jersey nursing homes. CMS gives Aristacare at Manchester a staffing rating of 2 out of 5.

Turnover for the whole nursing team, which counts RNs, LPNs and nurse aides, is 44% here compared with 39.5% statewide.

What this means if you apply here

• Higher RN turnover means you may be training alongside newer colleagues. Ask what the facility is doing to keep its nurses.
• RN hours per resident run below the state average, so ask how assignments are built on your shift.

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