Licensed Practical Nurse-AMB CARE SERV Clinic-New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai-M-F, 8am to 4pm, Rotating Weekends

Licensed Practical Nurse-AMB CARE SERV - Clinic-New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai-M-F 8am to 4pm Rotating Weekends

The practice of nursing as a Licensed Practical Nurse is defined as performing tasks & responsibilities within the scope of supportive & restorative care; medication administration and specialized tasks under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse of licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or dentist

1. Delivers nursing care in structured & routine situations free of scientific complexity.
2. Assistance with activities of daily living.
3. Administration of treatments and routine tasks such as suctioning and urinary catheterizations.
4. Preparation of patient for surgery diagnostic tests treatments examinations.
5. Administration of medications within scope of practice.
6. Identification and set up of intravenous equipment and delivery of solutions for infusion through peripheral access devices
7. Administer blood or blood products with special training.
8. Reports pertinent observations treatments medications incidents & accidents associated with patients to the Registered Professional Nurse & records same on appropriate documents with the format of charting utilized in the unit.
9. Recognizes the unit based model for delivery of nursing care & assumes responsibility for assignments delegated by the Registered Professional Nurse such as: 1) Contributes to nursing care plan in collaboration with other members of nursing staff
10. Reinforces the patient/family teaching process identified by the RN
11. Provides emotional support to patients & their families/significant others
12. Assists with the rehabilitation of patients according to the nursing care plan
13. Provides for the physical comfort & safety of the patient
14. Contributes to patient care conferences Assists in Emergency Resuscitative Procedures by initiating a Team 7000 call performing resuscitative procedures such as BCLS & carrying out other activities as directed by the team. Documents nursing care delivered on appropriate forms within the medical record.

• Completion of educational program for licensure as a LPN
• Successful completion of required New York State Department of
• Health LPN IV Therapy Initial Program for the demonstration of competence in the performance of intravenous therapy/blood administration procedures as part of Centralized Orientation
• Successful completion of annual unit-based review & update program in procedures associated with intravenous therapy
• Appropriate experience in a health care setting preferred
• Licensure: Registration as a LPN (Current) Issuing Agency: New York State
• Name: Basic Life Saver (BLS) Issuing Agency: AHA
• Name: Heartsaver Issuing Agency AHA

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-NYEE

SEIU 1199 at New York Eye & Ear BNJ - Amb Care Serv-Clinic - NYEE New York Eye and Ear Infirmary