Licensed Practical Nurse (Community Living Center) more… ▼
| Location: | Cincinnati, OH |
| Company: | Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration |
| First posted: | April 03, 2015 |
Duties:
The incumbent will be directly responsible to the Nurse Manager, Community Living Center. Â Duties for this position may include but are not limited to:
- Interaction with patients and families
- Provides basic personal care, including oral hygiene, denture care, shaving and grooming, cleaning and clipping fingernails, bathing (shower, bed or tub), according to nursing procedures and guidelines;
- Provides a safe, comfortable, pleasant environment, including clean bed, bedside stand, over-bed table, and a safe ward in general
- Identifies hazards that relate to patient care management and reports condition that needs correction to appropriate persons
- Positions patients and over-bed table and assists patients with meals and nourishments
- Feeds patients as indicated, and encourages fluids prn
- Sets up and administers oxygen
- Performs catherization when assigned
- Initiates foley catheter care, according to procedure, and applies external catheter
- Participates in the disposition of the patient and provides care of the body after death
- Carrying out complex nursing activities for patients with physical and/or behavioral problems
- Ability to identify and take appropriate actions in crisis situations with high-risk patients
- Demonstrates initiative, clinical competence in long term care nursing
- Self-direction and adherence to work obligations
- Demonstrate effective communication skills and interpersonal relationships
- Applies and removes non-sterile bandages, slings, elastic bandages and stockings
- Takes and records vital signs and measurements, which include temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, height, and weight
- Assists with the instruction of patients regarding self-care activities and patient education assigned by the RN for reinforcement
- Recognizes medical emergency situations and initiates appropriate action
This announcement is not intended to cover all aspects of the duties, responsibilities or qualifications of this position.
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