Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN RN Students

LPN Position in Long-Term Care

This position is ideal for an LPN currently pursuing their RN degree who is seeking continued professional development and advancement opportunities within Long-Term Care (LTC). Good Shepherd LTC residents are young adults with often complex neurological disabilities who typically live with us for their whole lives. We are a home where people come to live their best lives regardless of their level of disability.

We are not a geriatric nursing home and have many opportunities for nursing staff to improve their clinical and professional growth through the residents we serve.

JOB SUMMARY

Promotes and restores residents' health by completing the nursing process. Collaborates with physicians, RNs, and interdisciplinary team members. Provides physical and psychological support to residents, friends, and families. Delegates and evaluates care assigned CNAs to meet resident care needs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• IDENTIFIES RESIDENT CARE REQUIREMENTS
• Utilizes the Nursing Process as framework to deliver care by establishing or contributing to a plan of care with the resident
• Establishes and contributes to prioritization of goals with the resident and interdisciplinary team
• Identifies nursing diagnoses
• Identifies teaching objectives appropriate to care standards
• Evaluates effectiveness of nursing interventions and resident progress toward goals as resident condition changes
• Continuously identifies actual and potential problems after implementation of nursing interventions
• Communicates plan of care and residents' progress to interdisciplinary team
• Delegates plan of care to other licensed and unlicensed associates within their scope of practice
• Establishes rapport with potential and actual residents and other persons in a position to understand care requirements
• Assures CNAs comply with resident care policies and procedures
• ESTABLISHES A COMPASSIONATE ENVIRONMENT
• Provides emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents and families
• PROMOTES RESIDENT INDEPENDENCE
• Establishes care goals with residents
• Educates residents, family members, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills
• ASSURES QUALITY OF CARE
• Adheres to therapeutic standards
• Measure health outcomes against resident goals and standards
• Continually recommends appropriate adjustments to resident plan of care
• Complies with organizational and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by State Board of Nursing, State Nurse Practice Act, and other governing agency regulations
• Participates in performance improvement activities by directing and assessing care provided to residents by CNAs, students, and other associates
• RESOLVES RESIDENT PROBLEMS & NEEDS
• Utilizes interdisciplinary team strategies
• Utilized established communication methods to ensure resolution of resident problems and needs
• Communicates resident status to interdisciplinary team members
• Receives and records physician orders
• DOCUMENTS RESIDENTS CARE SERVICES
• Documents delivery of service, changes in resident condition, and resident response to nursing interventions in the resident medical record and other departmental records according to policies and procedures
• Ensures documentation of care rendered by other staff members
• MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY
• Maintains all aspects of HIPAA requirements
• Ensures that all organizational information is kept confidential
• MAINTAINS SAFE & CLEAN WORKING ENVIRONMENT
• Complies with Infection Control policies, procedures, and regulations
• Complies with policies and procedures on storage and disposal of controlled substances, toxic and non-toxic chemicals, and other wastes
• Coordinates with health care support personnel as deemed appropriate
• ENSURES RESIDENT SAFETY
• Demonstrates skills and knowledge in compliance with the policies and procedures on medication and treatment administration
• Ensures CNAs and other staff members' compliance on resident appropriate transfers, feeding, and personal hygiene
• Responds to resident medical and psychological concerns, potential or actual injury and or distress
• Complies with the policies and procedures on handling resident abuse
• ENSURES OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills on…