Licensed Practical Nurse

Licensed Practical Nurse

The Bowling Green VA Clinic, part of Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, provides behavioral health services in an outpatient setting and is a group practice with one location currently and has 6 physicians covering four specialty areas of medicine. These specialties include Nurse Practitioner care, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, and Internal Medicine. Facility Address: 600 US-31 West Bypass Suite 12, Bowling Green, KY 42101

• Licensed Practical Nurse shall obtain patient history and patient family history.
• Perform quality control checks and operator maintenance for a variety of patient care equipment.
• The LPN shall assist in identifying patient needs and implementing the plan of care.
• Document care given and patient response in the medical record.
• Prepare patient for physical examination.
• Communicate pertinent patient data to the appropriate provider.
• Possess knowledge of actions and usual dosages of most commonly used emergency drugs and their location.
• Recognize emergency situations and initiate appropriate resuscitative measures.
• Conduct prescribed nurse initiated, nurse practitioner, and physician orders and document in patient medical record.
• Assist in patient/family education regarding prescribed medications/therapies/diagnostic procedures.
• Assess patient/family knowledge level, implement plan of instructions and record patient/family demonstrated level of understanding.
• Assure content and correctness of a prepared report and sign document to validate its content.
• Participate in monitoring quality of care according to processional standards and established procedures.
• Respond to telephone inquiries regarding ward services and/or follow-up ancillary reports.
• Assist with ward related administrative tasks.
• Administer oxygen, intravenous fluids and prescribed medications in accordance with the VA policy.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural diversity, race, gender, and other individual differences in the workforce, in the Veteran population, and in the community.

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