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Nursing home · Jefferson City, TN

Life Care Center of Jefferson City

336 West Old Andrew Johnson Hwy, Jefferson City, TN 37760

RN turnover here is 50%, above the Tennessee average of 43.3%.

RN turnover
50%
Tennessee average 43.3%
RN time per resident
40 min/day
Tennessee average 36 min
Nursing team turnover
48.5%
Tennessee average 48.6%
CMS staffing rating
3 of 5
Certified beds 121
The numbers, in plain English

Working at Life Care Center of Jefferson City

Life Care Center of Jefferson City is a 121-bed nursing home in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Over the 12-month period CMS measures, 50% of its registered nurses stopped working here. Across the 275 Tennessee nursing homes CMS reports, the average is 43.3%, so RN turnover here is higher than at 68% of nursing homes in the state.

Staffing tells a different story. Residents here receive about 40 minutes of RN time per day, against 36 minutes across Tennessee. That is more RN coverage than 69% of Tennessee nursing homes. CMS gives Life Care Center of Jefferson City a staffing rating of 3 out of 5.

Turnover for the whole nursing team, which counts RNs, LPNs and nurse aides, is 48.5% here compared with 48.6% 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 above the state average, a sign of more RN support on the floor.

Questions to ask in your interview

  • How many residents does each RN cover on the shift I would work?
  • How is weekend RN coverage handled?
  • How many RNs left in the last year, and what has changed since?
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Sources. CMS Care Compare nursing home provider data, released October 2026. Turnover is the share of staff who stopped working at the facility over a 12-month period. CMS Five-Star overall rating from CMS Care Compare.