Garden Care Center

Working at Garden Care Center

Garden Care Center is a 150-bed nursing home in Franklin Square, New York. Over the 12-month period CMS measures, 29.4% of its registered nurses stopped working here. Across the 558 New York nursing homes CMS reports, the average is 39.6%, so Garden Care Center keeps its RNs better than 69% of nursing homes in the state.

Staffing tells a different story. Residents here receive about 27 minutes of RN time per day, against 44 minutes across New York. That is less RN coverage than most New York nursing homes. CMS gives Garden Care Center a staffing rating of 2 out of 5.

Turnover for the whole nursing team, which counts RNs, LPNs and nurse aides, is 23.6% here compared with 40.2% statewide.

What this means if you apply here

• About 71% of RNs counted here stayed through CMS's 12-month measurement period, so you would join a team with continuity.
• RN hours per resident run below the state average, so ask how assignments are built on your shift.

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