LPN II - Clinic-CMG Wound Care Center

LPN II - Clinic-CMG Wound Care Center-FT/Days

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The Clinic LPN provides patient care under the direction or supervision of a licensed medical practitioner, a professional registered nurse, or other licensed health professional, as authorized by the Health Regulatory Boards. This role collaborates with providers and members of the interdisciplinary team to deliver high-quality patient care in the outpatient or office setting, adheres to a culture reflective of Centra’s best practices for quality and service, creates and maintains a safe patient environment, and coordinates various care processes that are necessary to achieve desired outcomes.

The practice of the LPN reflects the American Nurse Association’s Code of Ethics for Nurse, the Nurse Practice Act of Virginia, and the ANA Principles of Nurse Staffing.

• Conduct individualized patient assessments as determined by patient condition and/or policies, procedures, protocols, and/or RN provider direction and reprioritize and implement proper patient care accordingly.
• Interview patients to obtain complete and thorough health histories and medication histories.
• Integrate nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care, incorporating appropriate standards of care and practice patient outcomes.
• Perform appropriate treatments as ordered by provider in an accurate and timely manner.
• Perform therapeutic nursing interventions as established by individualized plan of care for the patient and his/her family.
• Recognize potential problems and respond to general information/data indicating urgent and/or emergent risk to the patient.
• Initiate emergency resuscitative measures as appropriate.
• Provide care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is culturally sensitive to the patient and family, preserving their autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to ensure patient care interventions are appropriate.
• Provide medication and vaccine administration following Centra policy for scope of practice.
• Assist providers with the process of medication refill per Centra policy.
• Participate in the process of specimen collection and processing.
• Evaluate patient’s responses to care based on effectiveness of nursing interventions/actions in relationship to established goals.
• Initiate changes in the interdisciplinary care plan based on this evaluation. Problem-solve with the specialty team to improve patient outcomes.
• Document patient assessment findings, physical/psychosocial responses to nursing intervention and progress toward problem resolution.
• Provide health promotion and counseling to patients and reinforce patient education.
• Maintain current competency in nursing specialty and requirements for department; attend required educational program and may attend additional educational workshops; review nursing professional publications; establish personal networks and participate in professional societies.
• Support organizational efforts regarding appropriate resource utilization.
• Serve as a preceptor/mentor and work directly with employees to fulfill planned orientation to the department; assist in the orientation, instruction, direction, and evaluation of students assigned to the unit.
• Participate in data collection for quality assurance activities if assigned by department leader.
• Identify and communicate recurring practice concerns in specialty areas and their impact on care. Participate in initiatives resulting from nurse-sensitivity, quality, and other specialty indicators and/or unit-based quality metrics.
• Demonstrate the utilization of Centra’s safety behaviors (i.e., Speak up for Safety).
• May participate in Research or Evidence Based Practice projects.
• Communicate research and quality improvement data/findings to peers; interpret quality improvement data relevant to the clinical specialty and communicate this data to peers.
• Contribute to the development or implementation of methods to improve quality care in areas identified as deficient by quality improvement data studies.
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