Nurses in long-term care are forced to work 10-12 hour days despite being hired for 8-hour shifts due to heavy charting and medication pass workloads that extend beyond scheduled shift times.

Workarounds Described

• stays 4 hours after shift to finish charting
• passes meds up to an hour after shift change
• veteran nurses have accepted 10-12 hour days as normal

Implied Software Gaps

• Mobile charting app that auto-documents common tasks to reduce manual entry time
• Medication pass optimization tool that schedules passes within shift hours

ShiftSense RN

A workforce management platform for long-term care facilities that uses historical data to accurately predict actual shift durations, including charting and medication pass times. It automates scheduling to adjust shift lengths or reduce weekly days based on real workload, preventing mandatory overtime.