LVN - Quick Care Victoria (Part-Time)
Company: Driscoll Health
Location: Victoria
Posted on: March 19, 2023
Job Description:
Where compassion meets innovation and technology and our
employees are family.Thank you for your interest in joining our
team! Please review the job information below.Job
DescriptionGeneral Purpose of Job:The staff nurse (LVN) is a
Licensed Vocational Nurse who provides direct nursing care to
assigned patient/patient population. The staff nurse utilizing the
nursing process, delivers effective patient care within the
framework of Driscoll Children's Hospital vision of excellence and
integrated care delivery. The staff nurse complies within the
established standards and clinical guidelines reflective of
evidence-based best practice. The practice of the staff nurse
contributes to creating an environment that is
patient-focused-family centered and designed to provide
continuation of care and patient self-care competencies across the
continuum.Essential Functions and behavioral expectations:To
perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability
required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees
will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned
by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as
required.
- Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
- Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are
ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity
guidelines.Quality of Care:
- Collects QA data as delegated.
- Reports changes in patient care outcomes.
- Follows research protocols as ordered.
- Ensure safe care by using chain of command.Assessment and
Monitoring:
- Performs focused assessments.
- Recognizes and reports actual health problems.
- Reports pertinent patient response to interventions.
- Recommends modification for plan of care to RN on focused
assessment.
- Uses chain of command to obtain appropriate health care
response as an advocate for the patient.Professional Work Role:
- Demonstrates flexibility in staffing and scheduling to meet
unit needs.
- Prioritizes and organizes care of assigned patients.
- Identifies team conflict and helps to initiate resolution.
- Recognizes own limitations and seeks guidance.
- Supports goals through participation and compliance in unit
activities and decision-making.Therapeutic Interventions:
- Administers medications per clinical guidelines, recognizes
abnormal responses to medication therapy, and reports.
- Implements plan of care to meet patient needs and
diagnoses.
- Collaborates with team to correlate clinical picture to
therapeutic treatment plan.
- Collaborates in the section of appropriate equipment, devices
and supplies based on patient needs and treatment plan.Crisis
Management:
- Identifies critical changes in patient's condition and follows
through with appropriate actions.
- Ensures the correct functioning of emergency equipment
identifies deficits and follows up.
- Assists with changes in unit needs during a crisis
situation.
- Assists in the re-establishment of unit function after a crisis
situation.
- Participates in review of unit response to crisis
situation.Helping/Teaching:
- Identifies barrier to learning and participates in the
implementation of the discharge plan based on patient/family
needs.
- Incorporates cultural aspects of illness/hospitalization for
patient/family into daily care of patient.
- Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with
patient and family.
- Decreases apprehension and anxiety using individualized
interventions to ensure patient comfort dignity.
- Functions as a patient/family advocate seeking direction as
needed to provide safe, effective, efficient, and timely
care.Education and/or Experience:
- Graduate from and accredited school of nursing.
- Current LVN license in the State of Texas.Certificates,
Licenses, Registrations:
- Licensed in State of Texas as an LVN
- Certification in specialty preferred
- BLS
- CPI Training - will be done at DCH
Keywords: Driscoll Health, Victoria , LVN - Quick Care Victoria (Part-Time), Healthcare , Victoria, Texas
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