Licensed Practical Nurse

Job Description:
Provide oversight of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and licensed nurses as directed by the Director of Nursing.

Consult and coordinate with the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and healthcare professionals to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualized resident care plans.

Ensure initial baseline and periodic comprehensive assessments and care plans are completed within required timeframes.

Participate in completing sections of the Minimum Data Set

(MDS) assessment as requested.

Facilitate physician rounds by preparing charts, flagging areas of

concern, and preparing physician orders for signature, document physician visits with residents.

Initiate requests for consultations or referrals as requested.

Report any suspicion of a crime that may have been committed to a resident in the facility.

Perform duties by completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc.

Provide nursing services to residents in accordance with scope of practice, facility policies and professional standards of care.

Monitor residents for developments of acute changes of condition

including confusion, fever, difficulty breathing, increased pain, difficulty with urination, loss of appetite, constipation, diarrhea, motion (ROM); conduct assessments and notify the provider as needed.

Monitor the chronic health conditions of residents: be familiar with reportable changes and potential causes for concern.

Assist in the admission process; provide resident orientation as appropriate.

Assist with a discharge planning process that focuses on the] resident's discharge goals and preparation for successful transition to post-discharge care.

Ensure that newly admitted residents have physician orders for\ immediate care.

Contribute to the development of individualized, resident-centered care plans in coordination with the IDT.

Provide nursing care that is compassionate and sensitive to residents with cognitive decline, memory loss or history of trauma.

Provide nursing care that is appropriate and sensitive to the culture, language, and background of the resident.

Monitor resident weight and intake of food and fluids: notify the practitioner of significant weight loss or gain or changes in consumption.

Maintain documentation of all nursing care and services provided to the residents: use nurse's notes, flow sheets and electronic medical records according to facility protocol.

Collaborate with hospice services to provide end-of-life palliative care for dying residents.

Promote the facility falls prevention practices to maximize resident

safety. Ensure the resident environment remains as free of accident hazards as possible.

Ensure each resident receives adequate supervision and assistive devices to prevent accidents.

Adhere to the facility infection prevention and control practices.

Be familiar with and use as appropriate all items of personal protective equipment (PPE) offered by the facility including masks, gowns, gloves.

back brace to be worn when lifting, etc.

Administer medications according to practitioner orders and report adverse consequences, side effects or any medication errors.

Transcribe telephone, verbal, and telemedicine orders from providers as appropriate.

Assess for and address resident pain as necessary and appropriate and consistent with provider orders.

Provide support and assistance with resident personal care and activities of daily living (ADLs) as needed.

Help bed-bound or chair-bound residents reposition and turn as scheduled.

Monitor the skin health of the resident: provide preventative skin care; administer wound treatments as ordered.

Collect and submit specimens for laboratory analysis as ordered.

Provide nursing care that is trauma-informed and sensitive to individual experiences and triggers.

Cooperate with other personnel to achieve department objectives and maintain good employee, interdepartmental and public relations to assure the highest level of care to the residents of Fort Bayard Medical Center.

Provide first aid to residents as necessary and according to facility protocols.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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