Oakwood Care Center

Working at Oakwood Care Center

Oakwood Care Center is a 76-bed nursing home in Clear Lake, Iowa. Over the 12-month period CMS measures, 28.6% of its registered nurses stopped working here. Across the 338 Iowa nursing homes CMS reports, the average is 41.9%, so Oakwood Care Center keeps its RNs better than 67% of nursing homes in the state.

Staffing tells a different story. Residents here receive about 32 minutes of RN time per day, against 46 minutes across Iowa. That is less RN coverage than most Iowa nursing homes. CMS gives Oakwood Care Center a staffing rating of 4 out of 5.

Turnover for the whole nursing team, which counts RNs, LPNs and nurse aides, is 33.3% here compared with 44.3% 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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