LVN-Daniel Unit Job Snyder area,Texas USA,Nursing

Job Title:

Licensed Vocational nurse

Department:
Correctional Care Unit

Reports To:

Unit Health Administrator

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Revised: 11/16/2020

Position Summary

Assists the professional nursing and physician staff in providing maximum patient care, assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patients. Under supervision gives direct and indirect patient care as assigned.

Qualifications

Education:

Graduate of an accredited school of Vocational nursing.
Current Vocational Nursing license, licensed by the State of Texas.
1 year of vocational nursing preferred.
Current CPR certification.
IV therapy and unit dose training preferred.

Duties, Responsibilities, and Skills

A. Collects requisitions.

Sorts requisitions according to requested day and time of collections.

Organizes pick-up schedule to assure that all specimens are collected within specific time limits for ONCE, STATE, ASAP, etc. As defined in the Phlebotomy Procedure Manual.

B. Collects patient specimens of various types.

Verifies patient identification by comparing name on requisition with TDCJ-.

Collects specimens using proper technique according to the Phlebotomy Procedure Manual.

Labels specimen containers properly after collection with patient name, TDCJ-, moving assignment, date of birth, date and time of collection and initials.

Disposes of used needles and other contaminated supplies in the approved manner.

Delivers specimens to the courier for transportation to the performing laboratory.

C. Keeps drawing room and collection trays clean and stocked with necessary supplies.

Secures all sharps as necessary.

Maintains cleanliness of all counter tops, storage, shelves, drawing chairs, and collections trays at all times.

Stocks all collection trays with supplies for use by the next shift.

Stocks drawing room storage cabinet with all necessary supplies on Monday of each week or more often if necessary.

D. Utilizing the nursing protocols as established for use in correctional facilities and completes basic physical and psychosocial assessment of patients and takes nursing histories to provide a basis for development of patient care plans under the direct supervision of a licensed professional.

Identifies teaching/learning/discharge needs at time of admission and throughout care.

Provides a basic assessment which accurately reflects overt physiological and psychosocial needs of patients and reports unusual findings to appropriate licensed personnel.

Uses input from patient, physician, and health care team members.

Provides care appropriate for the adolescent and geriatric patients served based on demonstrated knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.

Assesses and interprets data on the adolescents and geriatric patients’ status to identify patient requirements relative to their age-specific needs and provide care needed as stipulated in departmental policy.

E. Implements and monitors appropriate nursing care to meet patient’s needs and identifies expected outcome for planned nursing and identifies expected outcome for planned nursing intervention and insures vital information is passed on.

Administers medications according to policy ad as prescribed by physicians.

Keeps actions, indications, contradiction, precautions, adverse reactions, dosage and route of administration on all drugs before administering record for accuracy on each shift and on an ongoing basis.

Gives exchange report to other health care personnel providing accurate and complete information in each patient at the change of shift, when transferring patient to another unit, at intervals during the shift.

Assesses patients at the beginning of shift for acuity of patient needs/problems and based on that assessment, establishes priority in which work activities are consistently completed by the end of the shift.

Perform basic nursing skills competently to include but not limited to: intake and output, vital signs, urine testing, specimens/cultures, dressing changes, personal hygiene for patient, skin care, glucose monitoring, airway/suctioning, basic oxygen administration, tube feedings, urinary catheterization, drains, enemas, and intravenous catheterization.

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