LPN​/LVN - LTAC

LPN / LVN - LTAC

Profession: LPN/LVN

Specialty: Long-Term Acute Care (LTAC)

Duration: 8 Weeks

Shift: 07:00-19:00

Hours per Shift: 12

Experience: Minimum 1 year

License: Missouri LPN or multi-state compact license required

Certifications: BLS certification through the American Heart Association and IV certification required

Must-Have:

Must have a Missouri LPN or multi-state compact license.

Must have IV certification attached to the submission packet.

Must have BLS certification attached to the submission.

Description:

The Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse works with critically ill patients who require the use of monitoring devices.

The role involves measuring heart rates, breathing rates, blood pressure, and oxygen levels.

The LPN/LVN may monitor patients at bedside and provide medications and other support as needed.

Sometimes monitoring is done remotely from a central location, such as the nurses' station.

The LPN/LVN should demonstrate the following basic competencies:

Basic and advanced life support.

Dysrhythmia monitoring techniques, interpretation, and treatment.

Medication dosage calculation and patient monitoring for medication effects.

Continuous medication infusion administration for non-titrated vasoactive agents, anti-arrhythmic agents, platelet inhibitors, and/or insulin.

Patient monitoring using standardized procedures for pre-, intra-, and post-procedures such as TEE, cardiac catheterization with PCI, cardioversion, bronchoscopy, EGD, PEG placement, and chest tube insertion.

Recognition of the symptoms and signs of cardiopulmonary emergencies and initiation of standardized interventions to stabilize the patient while awaiting transfer to critical care.

Hemodynamic monitoring, including equipment setup and troubleshooting, monitoring, and recognition of signs and symptoms of patient instability.

Interpretation of arterial blood gases and communication of findings.

Assessment of the ventilated patient to ensure delivery of the prescribed treatment and proper patient response.

Recognition of indications for and management of patients requiring non-invasive oxygen delivery systems, including oral airways, BiPAP, and nasal CPAP.Assessment and understanding of long-term mechanical ventilation and weaning.

Assessment, monitoring, and management of patients requiring renal therapeutic interventions such as hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, continuous bladder irrigation, stents, and urostomies.

Recognition of the indications for and complications of enteral and parenteral nutrition.

Evaluation of family needs for more involvement in care to aid in the transition from hospital to home.

The LPN/LVN should possess the following characteristics: advocacy, clinical judgment, caring practices, systems thinking, response to diversity, collaboration, clinical inquiry, and the ability to educate patients and their families.