Appalachian Regional Healthcare
LPN-CLINIC
Whitesburg, KY, US
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 730 days ago
Patient Care
About the role
- Participate in conferences and serves on Committees as requested.
- Participates in patient and family health education as necessary.
- Provides a safe and secure environment for the patient.
Responsibilities
- Observes, reports, and documents in the patient chart changes in patient's condition, observations made, and complaints voiced and nursing care performed.
- Checks, irrigates and maintains drainage tubes as needed.
- Performs catheterizations and provides catheter care.
Requirements
- Performs basic nursing care and patient procedures as required.
Nice to have
- retention, cleansing, therapeutic, colonic, irrigation.
- Alert to and able to respond appropriately in an emergency situation, providing patient care, initiating CPR and any other tasks designated by the RN or MD.
- Assists with the care and security of the patients' valuables.
- Checks narcotics and barbiturates reports discrepancies, completes incident report appropriately and submits to appropriate management.
- Cares for patients with radium and assists physician with removal of radium.
- Prepares used equipment for re-sterilization.
- Request repairs, follow-up with physician and other staff as appropriate regarding equipment performance.
- Comply with hospital policies for obtaining, documenting and follow through on telephone and verbal orders.
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