LPN - Long Term Care - New Horizons Limestone - PRN

Northeast Georgia Medical Center•Gainesville, GA

About The Position

The LPN provides care to adult and geriatric patients in a long-term care setting, performing clinical duties in accordance with population-specific guidelines and National Patient Safety Goals. The role includes assessing residents’ physical and emotional needs, monitoring for changes in condition, administering and documenting medications, and carrying out the established plan of care. The LPN communicates assessment findings and changes to physicians, responsible parties, nurse supervisors, registered nurses, and other appropriate health professionals. The LPN contributes to resident safety, infection control, discharge education, and the coordination of admissions, transfers, and discharges. The position also involves organizing and prioritizing patient care, maintaining equipment and supplies, checking emergency equipment, helping maintain a safe and clean unit, and participating in employee orientation. The posting also includes hospice-specific duties, such as planning nursing visits and supporting hospice care when assigned.

Requirements

Currently licensed as an LPN in the State of Georgia.
Current BLS certification, or must obtain it within 30 days of hire.
High school diploma or GED.
Graduate of a state-approved LPN school of nursing.
Demonstrated knowledge appropriate to adult and geriatric patient populations specific to the unit of practice.
Meet certification requirements defined by the unit, such as BLS, ACLS, or PALS.
Demonstrated critical-thinking skills.
Sound clinical skills and judgment.
Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on the unit.

Nice To Haves

For Long Term Care, a minimum of two years of clinical nursing experience emphasizing care of adults in acute care medical and surgical areas is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess residents’ physical and emotional needs and provide appropriate care and intervention.
Monitor residents for changes in condition and report changes to physicians, responsible parties, nurse supervisors, and other appropriate health professionals.
Perform ongoing assessments and communicate assessments and plans of care through written documentation and verbal reports.
Administer and document medication regimens correctly.
Provide instruction and education to residents and/or families to support safe and appropriate discharge.
Promote resident safety by using aseptic principles, maintaining a safe environment, ensuring equipment functions properly, and following infection control policies and procedures.
Assess the nursing care status of facility residents and consult medical staff as needed.
Identify and implement infection control and safety practices.
Participate in the orientation of other employees.
Organize and prioritize patient care, address acute needs first, and implement physicians’ orders within appropriate time frames.
Assist with coordination of resident admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Evaluate and monitor equipment and supply utilization; ensure adequate unit supplies and appropriate recording of resident charges.
Check emergency equipment regularly for proper operation and adequate supplies.
Help maintain a safe, clean, and attractive unit by reporting major problems to housekeeping and safety issues to maintenance.
For hospice assignments, plan nursing visits under agency policy and implement and document the maintenance of the current plan of treatment as scheduled.
Respond appropriately to emergencies based on assessment findings, patient condition, and service policies and procedures.
Provide hospice aide/homemaker duties and continuous care to appropriate patients when assigned.
Collect data from multiple sources to support clinical decisions about treatments and nursing interventions.
Provide feedback to the registered nurse in developing nursing diagnoses, carry out the established plan of care, and document reassessments, interventions, and patient responses.
Carry out therapeutic interventions established in the interdisciplinary plan of care.
Provide ongoing feedback to the registered nurse about the evaluation of interventions and treatments and their effects on patient health status and expected outcomes.
Support evaluation of care activities, education, and practice environments to promote safe, quality care.
Participate in educational activities to improve clinical knowledge and role performance.