Licensed Pract Nurse (7pm-7am) - Sylvania, GA

Essential Job Duties

• 1.
• Provides direct patient care under supervision of a RN, evaluates outcomes, consults with other healthcare team members as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
• 2.
• Ability to perform a head-to-toe assessment on all patients, under the direction of an RN, and reassessments as per policy.
• This includes neonate, pediatric, adolescent and geriatric patients and the general patient population.
• 3.
• Ability to adequately assess, reassess and treat pain.
• Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques.
• Educates the patient and family regarding pain management.
• 4.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• 5.
• Obtains EKG’s and demonstrates knowledge of cardiac monitoring, identifies dysrhythmias 6.
• Able to ventilate a patient with mask/ambu bag when necessary.
• 7.
• Maintains accurate and continued nursing documentation including patient histories, conditions, treatments, responses and assessment of changes.
• 8.
• Will administer medications via all routes (IM, Subcu, IV, PO, Rectally, Topically, Intradermally and Inhalation).
• 9.
• Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity.
• Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and family.
• 10.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and the skills necessary to provide age appropriate care to the patients served.
• Able to interpret data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s age specific needs and provide care needed by the patient group.
• 11.
• Interacts professionally with patient and family and involves patient and family in the formation of the plan of care.
• 12.
• Formulates a teaching plan based on identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning; includes family in teaching, as appropriate.
• 13.
• Demonstrates knowledge of admission process to the hospital when necessary.
• 14.
• Maintains current knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age of the patient and his/her clinical condition and administers appropriately.
• 15.
• Follows the five medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors.
• 16.
• Performs venipuncture, prepares, hangs, monitors and discontinues IV fluids.
• 17.
• Demonstrates knowledge of lab requirements, requisitions.
• 18.
• Maintains established hospital and department policies and procedures, objectives, performance improvement program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• 19.
• Maintains a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients and families in accordance with emergency department standards.
• 20.
• Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and proper functioning of equipment.
• 21.
• Assists in cost containment through appropriate ordering and conserving of supplies and equipment.
• 22.
• Ability to perform waived testing (point of care testing) per Clinical Laboratory’s and the ED’s policies and procedures.
• 23.
• Ability to interpret the results of waived tests; takes appropriate action on waived test results.
• 24.
• Maintains good working relationship with ED staff and physicians.
• 25.
• Demonstrates the ability to assist physicians with procedures and perform services requiring technical and manual skills under the direction of an RN.
• 26.
• Medical and surgical asepsis is carried out during treatments and special procedures.
• 27.
• Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations.
• 28.
• Response to the patient is appropriate in emergency or physically distressful situations.
• 29.
• Manages and operates equipment safely and correctly.
• 30.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-services and workshops; shows responsibility for ongoing education.
• 31.
• Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean.
• 32.
• Completes annual education requirements.
• 33.
• Maintains regulatory requirements.
• 34.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• 35.
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time.
• 36.
• Wears identification while on duty.
• 37.
• Completes in-services and returns in a timely fashion.
• 38.
• Attends annual review and department in-services, as scheduled.
• 39.
• Attends at least 10 staff meetings annually, reads and returns all monthly staff meeting minutes.
• 40.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
• 41.
• Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• 42.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• 43.
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the facility, as well as the focus statement of the department.
• 44.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.