Travel LPN / LVN - $1,095 per week at Atrium Health - 12019 Verhoeff Dr.
Huntersville, NC 28078
About the Job
- Current LPN licensure or temporary license as a licensed practical nurse petitioner required.
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) from AHA required
Certification Details
- Performs nursing care and assists with planning and implementing care for the comfort and well being of the patient under the direct supervision of a registered nurse.
- Assists in maintaining a safe working environment, performs all related job responsibilities in a safe manner, and maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the ages, developmental stages, and special needs of the patients served.
Job Details
- Participates in patient assessments by determining nursing care needs based upon collection and interpretation of relevant data.
- Recognizes and determines the need for immediate intervention.
- Demonstrates knowledge which enables documentation of patient observations, treatments, patient response to treatment, and nursing care utilizing the nursing process.
- Participates actively in treatment and assisting with procedures.
- Assists with the development/revision of the plan of care by providing data and identifying potential goals and intervention for review by the RN.
- Communicates with the appropriate clinical staff on the status of a patient if a significant change has occurred.
- Implements the identified plan under the supervision of the RN, ensuring tasks have been completed.
- Aware of patient's progress and goals as demonstrated by documentation in the medical records.
- Organizes workload and prioritizes responsibilities to ensure quality patient care is delivered in a time-efficient manner.
- Attains knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and performs only those nursing skills which they are competent to perform in accordance with legal boundaries and facility policies and procedures.
- Documents assessments, procedures, patient/family education, and the communication of information to appropriate members of the healthcare team in a timely manner.
- Provides and assesses the effectiveness of patient and family education under the direction of the registered nurse within the scope of practice as defined by law.
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