Where is it safer to work as a nurse--- in hospital or in long term care?

In a Doctor's office

Hospital

Safer? what r u afraid of? both areas are about the same. I think you need to be asking yourself how safe do you keep yourself in these areas.

Safer? In what regard? Hospitals have more germs floating around, but they also have more precautions against those germs. Nurses in long term care are more frequently apt to suffer back injuries from lifting patients than they are to catch some kind of disease. So you pays your money and takes your choice: Germs or a bad back?

depends on what you mean by safer.

Long term care is safer, we know our residents, and we know what they have far as dieases, in the hospital you don't know who is coming in with what, you could pick up anything. I think long term care is safer that's what I work in.

My Sister Work For Both In Past And She Work At A Hospital Now And Make More Money

probably in a hospital,they take more procautions than the L T C
homes,after awhile they all get lax on sterile technique and even on handwashing,and hospitals have more reasourses to combat
infections and the biohazard materials they handle,have been a nurse for many years now and have worked in many aspects of
nursing so i've seen ALOT of things,my bet is in a hospitals.