LVN - SNF - Sharp Grossmont - Variable - Part Time

Responsibilities

• Performs individualized nursing care for patients/families under the direction of an RN.
• Uses and practices basic assessment data collection, participates in planning, executes interventions in accordance with the Plan Of Care and contributes to evaluation of outcomes.
• Communicates to ensure patient/family educated Plan Of Care and planned treatments.
• Collects assessment data (using observation, palpation and auscultation per Practice Act) per department guidelines of care, including age/cultural specific considerations; documents data collected; communicates/contributes data collected to RN for analysis and interpretation.
• Communicates with other healthcare team members to coordinate patient care activities, workflow, and patient progress; follows through with identified actions/referrals; coordinates schedules and patient care needs with RN and other staff to ensure continuity and frequency of visits.
• Communicates patient and family care needs through documentation per department/entity guideline of care and policies and procedures.
• Implements plan of care per department guidelines: refers practices outside of scope to RN; seeks out resources when appropriate in new situations; collaborates with RNs when nursing decisions required in implementation of the plan of care in accordance with compliance and scope of practice.
• Gives constructive feedback to peers regarding work performance and notifies supervisor of suspected performance issues; provides unit specific information to students, floats, travelers/registry personnel and documents appropriately; documents informal teaching.
• Encourages patient and family participation in decision making; acts to uphold individual/family rights.
• Identifies learning needs including barriers/readiness; recognizes barriers to communication with patient and family and seeks interdisciplinary expertise to establish a therapeutic relationship; collaborates with the RN in development of individualized teaching plan; implements plan of care (IPOC & IPER) using appropriate resources; collects data indicative of patient/family learning in response to teaching plan; collaborates with RN in evaluates patient/family learning through use of adult-learning theory and revises plan as appropriate.
• Demonstrates understanding of patient/family goals; makes recommendations to the multidisciplinary team in development of the patient's plan of care; updates written plan of care (IPOC) per direction of RN.