RN/LPN Wound Care

About the role

The Wound Care Nurse provides advanced wound care in collaboration with members of the care team. The Nurse assesses wounds and implements a care plan designed towards optimal wound care outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assess and monitor wounds.
• Clean and bandage as required.
• Implement the wound/ostomy/continence treatment plan of care.
• Explain procedures, medications, and treatment to be administered to patient and authorized friend or family member.
• Adjust teaching format to ensure patient and home support learning and understanding.
• Assist medical providers with treatments and procedures as necessary.
• Monitor patient for adverse patient response to wound/ostomy/continence treatments.
• Administer medications as applicable, knowing their actions and side effects.
• Recognize and report any allergic reactions and the patient’s response to drugs.
• Accurately and timely document patient findings, patient condition, visit details, plan of care, discharge plan and other pertinent input.
• Communicate with physician assessment findings, patient conditions, critical laboratory results, and other pertinent findings.
• Delegate tasks to other team members, as needed, to meet patient care needs in an efficient and effective manner.
• Contribute to discharge planning to provide information for timely discharge and appropriate continuity of care post hospitalization for the wound/ostomy patient.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

• Minimum: Associate of Science from an accredited school of nursing
• Preferred: Bachelor of Science from an accredited school of nursing
• Associates or better in Nursing
• Bachelors or better in Nursing

Experience

One (1) year as a nurse

Licenses & Certifications

• Eligible to practice in the state of Indiana
• Basic Life Safety (American Heart Association)
• Lic Practical Nurse
• Registered Nurse
• BLS- Basic Life Support