Lpn Nurse - Danbury, United States - Saint John Paul II
17 hours ago
Description
1. Serves as "Floor Nurse" assuming responsibility for the unit and supervises other personnel.- To support Supervisor in coordinating, evaluation, and follow-up of patient care on a 24 hour basis.
- Expected to attend meetings and in-service programs conducted to upgrade the quality of patient care.
- Expected to take active part in fire and disaster drills for the safety of patients and other staff members.
- Gives complete nursing care and performs related tasks to promote patient comfort.
- Supervises and completes required documentation in accordance with standard nursing practices. This is to include transcribing Physician Orders to patient chart, medication sheets, and monthly summary sheets.
- Assists physicians during rounds.
- Helps orient new nursing staff.
- Assigns duties to nursing staff.
- Helps coordinate nursing activities with the activity of other departments.
- Visits patient to verify that maximum nursing care being provided and notes any changes in patient's condition.
- Responsible for the administration of medications and treatments.
- Helps maintain the self-respect, personal dignity physical safety of each patient.
- Communicates, counsels and takes appropriate action reference to work performance and/or infraction of established policies as stated in employee handbook.
- During probationary period makes recommendations for continued employment based on evaluation of work performance.
- Recommends promotions, demotions, and disciplinary action of those employments within their work areas and documents reason for such action.
- Performs other duties as assigned within the realm of their training and education.
- Supervises and evaluates work performance.
- Provides guidance for Nursing Assistants.
- Provides information to members of patient families and is involved with patient and family teaching.
- To maintain and promote continuity of patient care on a 24 hour basis.
- To foster interest and promote attendance in in-service programs.
- To promote inter-personal relationships and communicate among floor staff members between shifts.
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