Licensed Vocational Nurse - (FT Night Shift) - Exceptional Emergency Center - 111 Emergency Road Livingston TX 77351

Responsibilities

• Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychologic and cognitive status.
• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care, which is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnoses and patient outcomes.
• Implements care in a knowledgeable, skilled, consistent manner in reaching the desired patient outcomes through nursing processes.
• Establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available center resources of time, personnel, equipment and supplies.
• Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons and documenting events.
• Demonstrates applied knowledge base in areas of medical/surgical patient care, actions of pharmaceuticals and anesthetic agents, laboratory values, safety and legal issues and all emergency equipment.
• P practices effective problem identification and resolution skills as a method of sound decision making.
• Completes documentation duties in the patient record, which is timely, accurate and concise.
• Works as part of a team in delivering patient care.
• Maintains CPR
• Attends all mandatory in-services and participates in staff meetings.
• Remains flexible, adaptive and able to accept and implement new ideas and approaches.
• Treats all patients equally adopting the Facility's Patient Rights policy.
• Reviews and carries out physician orders in an appropriate professional manner.
• Counts narcotics with another nurse and replenishes supply as necessary.
• Adheres to the facility's medication management protocols.
• Upon patient admission to the hospital, conducts initial nursing assessment.
• Is knowledgeable about and responsive to emergency situations, i.e. cardiac arrest, drug reaction, fire, disaster etc.
• Initiates basic life support measures, if required
• Reports and completes appropriate forms for variance incidents related to patients, visitors, and employees.
• Readies the area to receive patients.
• Each shift will check defibrillator and crash cart integrity daily.
• Check monthly medication outdates
• Review for re-stocking for supply
• Willingly assists with other duties when asked.

Qualifications

• Licensure as a LVN in the State of Texas
• Demonstrates ability to stand and/or walk at five hours per day.
• Demonstrates ability to lift and/carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis.
• Demonstrates ability to push/pullover 25 pounds on a regular basis.
• Current BLS Certification