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Licensed Practical Nurse/ Floor Nurse - St Cloud, United States - The Terrace of St. Cloud
Description
Purpose of Your Job Position
The primary purpose of your job position is to provide direct nursing care to the residents, and to supervise the day-to-day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants.
Such supervision must be in accordance with the Florida Nurse Practice Act current federal, state & local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be directed by the Director of Nursing or Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.
Delegation of Authority
As a Licensed Practical Nurse/ Floor Nurse
, you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.
Job Functions
Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position.
However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform.
The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.
Duties and Responsibilities
Administrative Functions
Direct the day-to-day functions of the nursing assistants in accordance with current rules, regulation, and guidelines that govern the long-term care facility.
Ensure that all nursing service personnel comply with the procedures set forth in the Nursing Service Procedures Manual.
Participate and cooperate in facility surveys (inspections) by local, state and federal governmental agencies.
Admit, transfer, and discharge residents in accordance with facility protocols, as required.
Make written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the activities of your shift as required.
Cooperate with other resident services/departments when coordinating nursing services to ensure that the resident's total regimen of care is maintained.
Periodically review the resident's written discharge plan. Participate in updating the resident's written discharge plan as required.
Assist in planning the nursing service portion of the resident's discharge plan as necessary.
Complete accident/incident reports as necessary. Submit to the Director of Nursing or designee.
Charting and Documentation
Complete and file required recordkeeping forms/charts upon the resident's admission, transfer, and/or discharge.
Receive telephone orders from physicians and record in the EMR system.
Transcribe physician's orders to resident's EMR, card-ex, medication cards, treatment care plans in electronic format or paper as required.
Chart nurses' notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident, as well as the resident's response to the care.
Record new/changed diet orders. Forward information to the Dietary Department.
Report all discrepancies noted concerning physician's orders, diet change, charting error, etc., to the Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager.
Fill out and complete transfer forms in accordance with established procedures.
Ensure that appropriate documentation concerning unauthorized discharges is entered in the resident's medical record in accordance with established procedures
Perform routine charting duties as required and in accordance with established charting and documentation policies and procedures.
Drug Administration Functions
Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician in accordance with federal, state and local laws and regulations and facility policy.
Ensure that an adequate supply of floor stock medications, supplies, and equipment is on hand to meet the nursing needs of the residents.
Order prescribed medications, supplies, and equipment as necessary, and in accordance with established policies.
Ensure that narcotics are handled in accordance with federal, state and local laws and facility policies. Ensure that narcotic's records are accurate for you shift.
Notify the Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager of all drug and narcotic discrepancies noted on your shift.
Review medication cards for completeness of information, accuracy in the transcription of the physician's order, and adherence to stop order policies.
Dispose of drugs and narcotics as required, and in accordance with established procedures.
Personnel Functions
Participate in employee performance evaluations, determining your shift's staffing requirements, and making recommendations to the Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager concerning employee dismissals, transfers, etc.
Report absentee call-ins to the Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager.
Develop work assignments, and/or assist in completing and performing such assignments.
Monitor Nursing Assistants to ensure that care and services are being provided to residents in accordance with the resident's plan of care.
Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter-department personnel, as well as other departments within the facility to ensure that nursing services and activities can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
Receive/give the nursing report upon reporting in and ending shift duty hours.
Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluid, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures governing accident and incidents.
Nursing Care Functions
Inform nursing service personnel of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room assignment, etc.
Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions.
Greet newly admitted residents upon admission and escort them lo their rooms as necessary.
Observe and document the status of each patient upon admission and throughout the patient's course of treatment. Report concerns to the Registered Nurse for assessment.
Participate in the orientation of new residents/family members to the facility.
Make rounds with physicians as necessary.
Requisition and arrange for diagnostic and therapeutic services, as ordered by the physician, and in accordance with our established procedures.
Review the resident's chart for specific treatments, medication orders, diets, etc., as necessary.
Implement and maintain established nursing objectives and standards.
Make periodic checks to ensure that prescribed treatments are being properly administered by certified nursing assistants and to evaluate the resident's physical and emotional status.
Notify the resident's attending physician when the resident is involved in an accident or incident.
Notify the resident's attending physician and next-of-kin when there is a change in the resident's condition.
Carry out restorative and rehabilitative programs, to include self-help and care.
Administer professional services such as:
catheterization, tube feedings, suction, applying and changing dressings/bandages, packs, colostomy, and drainage bags, taking blood, range of motion exercises, and care for the dead/dying, etc., as required.
Use restraints only when prescribed and in accordance with established policies and procedures.Obtain sputum, urine and other specimens for Jab tests as ordered.
Take and record TPRs, blood pressures, etc., as necessary.
Monitor seriously ill residents as necessary.
Check food brought into the facility by the resident's family/visitors to ensure that it is within the resident's dietary allowances.
Promptly respond to call bells.
Promptly and courteously respond to requests for assistance from residents, staff, resident family members and visitors
Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
Meet with residents, and/or family members, as necessary.
Report problems to the Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager.
Admit, transfer and discharge residents as necessary.
Assist in arranging transportation of discharged residents as necessary.
Ensure that discharged residents are escorted to the pick-up area.
Inform family members of the death of the resident.
Call funeral homes when requested by the family.
Ensure that established post-mortem procedures are followed.
Act in compliance with established regulatory and professional standards and guidelines.
Staff Development
Attend and participate in all facility in-service trainings/programs, as required.
Attend and participate in annual OSHA and CDC in-service training programs for hazard communication, TB management, and blood borne pathogens standards.
Attend and participate in continuing education programs designed to keep you abreast of
changes in your profession, as well as to maintain your license on a current status.
Safety and Sanitation
Monitor your assigned personnel to ensure that they are following established safety regulations in the use of equipment and supplies.
Ensure that your assigned work areas (i.e., nurses' stations, medicine preparations rooms, etc.) are maintained in a safe, clean and sanitary manner.
Ensure that you and your assigned personnel follow established safety polices and procedures.
Ensure that you and your assigned personnel follow established hand-washing procedures.
Ensure that you and your assigned personnel participate in and conduct all fire safety and disaster preparedness drills in a safe and professional manner.
Ensure that you and your assigned personnel follow established infection control procedures.
Ensure that you and your assigned personnel wear and/or use safety equipment and supplies (e.g., gait belts mechanical lifts, etc.) when moving or lifting a resident.
Equipment and Supply Functions
Recommend to the Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager the equipment and supply needs of your unit/shift.
Ensure that an adequate stock level of medications, medical supplies, equipment, etc. is maintained on your shift at all times to adequately meet the need of the resident.
Ensure that only trained and authorized personnel operate your unit/shift's equipment. Ensure that all personnel operate nursing service equipment in a safe manner.
Care Plan and Assessment Functions
Review care plans daily to ensure that appropriate care is being rendered.
Inform the Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager of any changes that need to be made on the care plan.
Ensure that your nurses' notes reflect that the care plan is being followed when administering nursing care or treatment.
Review resident care plans for appropriate resident goals, problems, approaches, and revisions based on nursing needs.
Ensure that your assigned Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) and certified nursing assistants (CNAs) are aware of the resident care plans and carry out the resident's care plan.
Assist the Resident Assessment/Care Plan Coordinator in planning, scheduling, and revising the MDS, including the implementation of RAPs and Triggers, as directed.
Resident Rights
Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information.
Monitor nursing care to ensure that all residents are treated fairly, and with kindness, dignity, and respect.
Ensure that all nursing care is provided in privacy and that nursing service personnel knock before entering the resident's room.
Review complaints or grievances made by the resident and make a written/oral report to the Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager indicating what action(s) were taken to resolve the complaint or grievance.
Maintain a written record of the resident's complaints and/or grievances that indicates the action to resolve the complaint and the current status of the complaint.
Honor the resident's refusal of treatment request. Ensure that such requests are in accordance with the facility's policies governing advance directives.
Miscellaneous
Adhere to facility and departmental policies and procedures.
Other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions
Works throughout the nursing service area (i.e., drug rooms, nurses' stations, resident rooms, etc.), as well as other parts of the facility.
ls subject to frequent interruptions
Is involved with residents, personnel, visitors, government agencies/personnel, etc., under all conditions and circumstances.
Is subject to hostile and emotionally upset residents, family members, personnel, and visitors.
Communicates with the medical staff, nursing personnel, and other department supervisors.
Works beyond normal working hours, weekends and holidays when necessary.
Is subject to call-back during emergency conditions (e.g. severe weather, evacuation, post-disaster, etc.).
Attends and participates in continuing educational programs.
Is subject to injury from falls, bums from equipment, odors, assaults from hostile residents, etc. throughout the work day, as well as reactions from dust, disinfectants, tobacco smoke, and other air contaminants.
Is subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including TB and the
AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses.
May be subject to the handling of and exposure to hazardous chemicals.
Education Requirements
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Experience
None. On-the-job training provided. One (1) year of experience as a nurse in a health care facility preferred.
Specific Requirements
Must possess and maintain an "Eligible" ACHA Background Screening status
Valid and current license as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Florida.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members,
visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public.
Must be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.
Must possess the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures, etc. that are necessary for providing quality care.
Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as the willingness to handle difficult residents.
Must be willing to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing nursing practices
Must be able to relate information concerning a resident's condition.
Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.
Physical and Sensory Requirements
(With or Without the Aid of Mechanical Devices)
Must be able to move intermittently throughout the work day.
Must be able to speak, read and write the English language in an understandable manner.
Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so that the requirements of the position can be fully met.
Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility which include a medical and physical examination.
Must be able to' relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people within the facility.
Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 35 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 450 feet.
May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.