LPN - Med​/Surg

Job Details

Job Location:

Harrisonville, MO 64701
Position Type: PRN

Job Shift: Day
Primary

Purpose:

To provide prescribed medical treatment to patients, quality nursing care and comfort to patients, while promoting teamwork and to provide proper documentation for billing. Perform other duties as assigned.

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities:
No formal responsibility. The policies associated with the job’s purpose and essential responsibilities are set by others.

Routine Decision Making:
Changes in patient assessment and what observations need to be reported immediately.

Formal Supervisory Responsibility:
No formal supervisory responsibility.

Unusual

Working Conditions:

Risk of blood, body fluid contamination. Risk of injury related to poor body mechanics. Risk for injury from aggressive, combative or disoriented patients. Potential exposure to hazardous drugs and chemicals.

Age Specific

Competencies:

May provide care for birth to pediatric (birth-2 yrs.), pediatric/child patients between (2 yrs-12 yrs.); adolescent patients between 12 to 18 years of age; adult patients between 18 to 64 years; and geriatric patients 65 years and older.

• Implements patient care through team approach each shift.
• Documents and reports significant findings to the charge nurse/provider/ manager immediately.
• Is knowledgeable of location, care and operation of Medical Surgical equipment each shift.
• Acts rapidly, effectively and manages self and others during emergency situations.
• Administers medications within scope of care, as ordered, within one (1) hour of time scheduled according to the five rights on every patient.
• Observes all provider orders each shift and as needed.
• Accurately documents the IV starts, tubing changes and administration of all medications prior to the end of the shift.
• Ensures all provider orders are reviewed on the EMAR.
• Accurately and correctly wastes unused portion of controlled substances within a timely manner.
• Attaches patient's name band, fall risk, allergy band, etc. immediately after patient's arrival and upon bands being removed.
• Ensures fall protocol is followed on each patient.
• Utilizing the ‘AIDET’ (Acknowledge, Introduction, Duration, Explain, Thank) model, conducts an appropriate introduction, reviews the plan of care, mutually sets attainable patient goals.
• Bedside report to be performed each shift with the off-going nurse.
• White boards to be updated during shift change and throughout the shift. To include personalized patient goals and pain control.

• Assists with assessing all assigned patients each shift and as needed.
• Assists with assessing data relative to age specific needs for every patient each shift and as needed.
• Repeats assessment on abnormal patient findings at least once and as needed.
• Assess the patient's & family's learning needs every shift and as needed.
• Completes appropriate pain assessment at the start of shift and as needed.

• Reviews and updates care plan each shift and as needed.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to facilitate the plan of care after the provider enters orders.
• Interprets, under the supervision of a registered nurse, the significant abnormal patient findings after assessing the patient and as condition changes.
• Updates white boards each shift, to include personalized patient goals and pain control.

• Evaluates each assigned patients’ response to care each shift and as needed.