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Baton Rouge General Medical Center · 1 day ago

LPN - Internal Contract, Skilled Nursing (Days)

Baton Rouge, LA

Full-time, Contract

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Baton Rouge General Medical Center is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to administer nursing care to patients under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. The role involves performing various direct and indirect patient care duties, maintaining patient records, and ensuring adherence to safety and compliance standards.

Hospital & Health Care

Responsibilities

Performs patient care according to standards of care and the needs of the patient

Collects data from patient and family for R.N. evaluation and development of a teaching plan

Teaches family and patients

Safely and properly administers medications as ordered by physician

Performs treatments as prescribed by physician

Uses the nursing care plan in daily assignments, able to review, and, under supervision, modify the plan of care

Directs and assists ancillary nursing staff with assigned duties

Monitors IVs and blood for proper functioning and reports any untoward side effect to the R.N. immediately

Starts IVs prn and as ordered by physician

Recognizes patient care priorities, multidisciplinary treatment plans, and potential patient care crises

Collects data essential to R.N. Assessment and reports deviations from normal to the R.N

Collects assessment data within eight hours of admission, as observed by chart review

Assist with reassessing patient according to unit standards and/or hospital policy, as patient needs dictate and reports pertinent changes in patient status to the R.N

Maintains patient records and charts to ensure an accurate record of the patient's medical treatment

Documents appropriately in all assigned patient records

Accurately documents medication administration, treatments, collected data, interventions, and unusual occurrences, as observed by chart review

Completes documentation before end of shift, as observed by chart review

Demonstrates ability to observe and record the signs, symptoms, and behaviors including the physiological status of patients

Performs all other duties as assigned

Qualification

Current Louisiana LPN licensureAcute Care experiencePatient care standardsMedication administrationHIPAA complianceSafety practices

Required

Administers nursing care to designated patients under the direction/supervision of a Registered Nurse

Performs a variety of direct and indirect patient care duties in accordance with the needs of the age population served as defined in the department's scope of care

Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and their families, physicians, and the community

Takes initiative in living our Everyday Excellence values and vital signs

Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the customer asks

Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm

Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of customers through personal action and attention to the environment of care

Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and anticipates information needs of customers

Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal requirements of the position and department

Maintains accurate and reliable patient/organizational records

Maintains professional relationships with appropriate officials; communicates honesty and completely; behaves in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts

Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete assignments

Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even when workload and demands are high

Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity, and fairness

Upholds the ethical standards of the organization

Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations

Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work processes

Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work processes

Willingly participates in organization and/or department quality initiatives

Effectively manages time and resources

Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of the organization — material, human, and financial

Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes

Effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and emphasizes patient and employee safety

Proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries or potential injuries

Demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee safety standards at all times

Demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques, equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and plans

Performs patient care according to standards of care and the needs of the patient

Collects data from patient and family for R.N. evaluation and development of a teaching plan

Teaches family and patients

Safely and properly administers medications as ordered by physician

Performs treatments as prescribed by physician

Uses the nursing care plan in daily assignments, able to review, and, under supervision, modify the plan of care

Directs and assists ancillary nursing staff with assigned duties

Monitors IVs and blood for proper functioning and reports any untoward side effect to the R.N. immediately

Starts IVs prn and as ordered by physician

Recognizes patient care priorities, multidisciplinary treatment plans, and potential patient care crises

Collects assessment data within eight hours of admission, as observed by chart review

Assists with reassessing patient according to unit standards and/or hospital policy, as patient needs dictate and reports pertinent changes in patient status to the R.N

Maintains patient records and charts to ensure an accurate record of the patient's medical treatment

Documents appropriately in all assigned patient records

Accurately documents medication administration, treatments, collected data, interventions, and unusual occurrences, as observed by chart review

Completes documentation before end of shift, as observed by chart review

Demonstrates ability to observe and record the signs, symptoms, and behaviors including the physiological status of patients

Performs all other duties as assigned

Current Louisiana LPN licensure

Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable HIPAA regulations appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Medical records without limitation both paper and electronic, patient demographics, lab and radiology results, patient information related to surgery or appointment schedules, medical records related to quality/data, patient financial information, patient billing 3rd party, patient related complaints, information related to patient location, and/or patients' religious beliefs

Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable safety practices appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps and linen, PPE, exposure control plans, hand washing, environment of care, patient identification, administers medications, validates patients for any procedures/surgery, transports, monitors and observes patients with infusion pump, monitors clinical alarms, and collects blood samples