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Jayme Lozano

FOUND: Texas nursing homes are missing something nurses | Mind Blowing Facts

Licensed vocational nurse Robert Lozoya talks about his responsibilities at Carillon’s 4th floor accelerated rehab clinic. Lazoya is an LVN at the Carillon Senior Living community in Lubbock.
Licensed vocational nurse Robert Lozoya talks about his responsibilities at Carillon’s accelerated rehab clinic in Lubbock on Oct. 31, 2022. A number of factors have led to Texas not having enough nurses for its senior care facilities. (Credit: Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribune)

LUBBOCK — Robert Lozoya started a recent shift as a nurse manager for Carillon, Lubbock’s biggest senior home, at 7 a.m.

For the next 12 hours, he triaged his duties, picking up the slack for the nurses who did not show up for work. He made sure patients didn’t choke on their lunch, treated wounds and fielded a myriad of calls to doctors, families and pharmacies.

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