Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd

Working at Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd

Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd is a 51-bed nursing home in New Rockford, North Dakota. Over the 12-month period CMS measures, 38.5% of its registered nurses stopped working here. Across the 65 North Dakota nursing homes CMS reports, the average is 38.7%, so Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd keeps its RNs better than 46% of nursing homes in the state.

Staffing tells the same kind of story. Residents here receive about 61 minutes of RN time per day, against 56 minutes across North Dakota. That is more RN coverage than 66% of North Dakota nursing homes. CMS gives Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd a staffing rating of 5 out of 5.

Turnover for the whole nursing team, which counts RNs, LPNs and nurse aides, is 54.5% here compared with 47.5% statewide.

What this means if you apply here

• About 62% 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 above the state average, a sign of more RN support on the floor.

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