LPN Licensed Practical Nurse (Glenaire)
Job Summary
- Participates in collection of data from the resident or other appropriate source
- Recognizes the relationship of assessment findings as related to residents diagnosis
- Records and reports the results of the nursing assessment. Determines immediate need for intervention.
- Participates in identifying residents needs through suggestion of goas and interventions reviewed by RN.
- Participates in implementing the residents health plan of care
- Prioritize and perform interventions
- Recognize responses to interventions
- Modify immediate interventions based on changes in resident status
- Reports and records residents response to nursing interventions
- Suggests revisions to plan of care for review by RN
- Responsible for accurate and timely documentation
- Demonstrates effective communication skills with residents representative of resident physicians and all members of the household team
- Documents in accordance with facility policies and procedures using the electronic medical record and all other communication tools
- Receives and transcribes physician orders according to policy
- Gives and receives a complete report at the beginning and end of assignment: includes correct counting and documentation of controlled substance
- Participates in teaching and counseling of residents and families
- Teaching/Counseling uses established teaching plans and follows established policies and protocols
- Participates in the Household to organize the work of the household and establish priorities.
- Assign nursing care activities to other LPNs
- Delegates resident care to verified Certified Nursing Assistants; retaining accountability for nursing care
- Graduate of an approved school of nursing
- Currently licensed as a LPN in good standing with the North Carolina Board of Nursing
- Current CPR Certification
- Previous experience with geriatric residents desirable
- Good physical and mental health
- Must be able to walk and stand for long periods of time
- Must be able to assist with lifting turning and positioning residents
- Must be able to push and manipulate equipment
- Views self as part of a team not always the leader
- Identifies promotes and models person-directed care
- Views the household as the residents home and works to create attributes of home
- Understands the importance of consistency of caregivers for residents
- Facilitates residents and household team members in shared problem solving decision making and planning
- Participates in problem solving complex medical/psychosocial situations related to resident choice and risk
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Glenaire is a Life Plan Community (LPC) located in Cary, N.C. Built on a campus lush with the natural flora of the area and lovely natural grounds for strolling, Glenaire offers a vital, active, and fulfilling lifestyle for our residents with the convenience of an urban setting locate ... View more