LPN II; VBH Centra Specialty

• Patient Population:
  Specialize in caring for medically complex patients who require extended hospitalization and advanced clinical care.
• Typical Cases:
  Care for individuals recovering from critical illness who need ongoing respiratory support, complex wound care, intravenous therapies, cardiac monitoring, dialysis, and comprehensive rehabilitation services before transitioning to a lower level of care.
• Additional Info:
  We utilize the LEAF system, a wearable patient monitoring technology that helps staff track and document patient repositioning. Our unit provides dialysis treatments at the bedside using TABLO dialysis machines. This innovative technology allows patients to receive dialysis without leaving their room, improving comfort and continuity of care.

• Beds: 26-bed Long Term Care Hospital
• Patient Population:
  Specialize in caring for medically complex patients who require extended hospitalization and advanced clinical care.
• Typical Cases:
  Care for individuals recovering from critical illness who need ongoing respiratory support, complex wound care, intravenous therapies, cardiac monitoring, dialysis, and comprehensive rehabilitation services before transitioning to a lower level of care.
• Additional Info:
  We utilize the LEAF system, a wearable patient monitoring technology that helps staff track and document patient repositioning. Our unit provides dialysis treatments at the bedside using TABLO dialysis machines. This innovative technology allows patients to receive dialysis without leaving their room, improving comfort and continuity of care.

Located in the heart of Central Virginia, Centra Health is a regional, nonprofit healthcare system comprised of hospitals, medical centers, and a network of specialty and primary care practices throughout the Blue Ridge region. Centra has earned its fifth Magnet designation, a prestigious recognition that reflects our ongoing commitment to nursing excellence, professional development, and exceptional patient care.

Provide 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. The LPN coordinates and manages the care provided to assigned patients of all ages based on the unit care delivery model, requiring professional knowledge and consideration of specific patient conditions and treatment.

This role collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to deliver high-quality patient care, 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 initial assessment in collaboration with RN to co-sign.
• Conduct ongoing individualized patient assessments as determined by patient condition and/or policies, procedures, protocols, and/or RN direction and reprioritize and implement proper patient care accordingly.
• Integrates nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care, incorporating appropriate standards of care and practice patient outcomes.

• Performs appropriate treatments as ordered by provider in an accurate and timely manner.
• Performs therapeutic nursing interventions as established by individualized plan of care for the patient and his/her family.
• Recognizes potential problems and responds to general information/data indicating urgent and/or emergent risk to the patient.
• Initiates emergency resuscitative measures as appropriate.
• Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is culturally sensitive to the patient and family, preserving their autonomy, dignity, and rights.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to ensure patient care interventions are appropriate.
• Provides medication administration following Centra policy for scope of practice.