Nurse Resident I - Prn

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The professional Nurse Resident I practices at the highest end of their licenture scope while being under the direction of a registered nurse(s) (RN). The professional Nurse Resident I is responsible for providing quality nursing care, within the LPN scope of practice, including giving medications, procedures and bedside nursing care. LPN's with IV certification (LPN-IV) may flush and give medications within the LPN scope of practice as indicated in the Nurse Practice Act (NPA) after demonstrating competency.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Please note, this job description is designed to cover a generalized listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Provides routine care for patients under the direction of the RN and within scope of practice guidelines for LPN's in the state of Ohio
• Follows hospital policies.
• Assists physicians, RN's, Patient Care Technicians and ward clerks as needed.
• Administers medications per hospital policy and LPN scope of practice
• Provides discharge instructions to patients.
• Performs standard diagnostic procedures, (including, but not limited to): 12 lead EKG's, bladder scans, and GlucaScan

• Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, adherence to requirements, advising management on needed actions, and ensuring compliance with Joint Commission and other external and internal regulatory agencies.
• Maintains the integrity of confidential patient information in accordance with HIPAA and hospital policy and maintains confidentiality of other customer and hospital business affairs.
• Adheres to the standards of Magruder Hospital's corporate compliance policies and seeks guidance and training when necessary to resolve questions about these policies. Reports violations in accordance with corporate compliance and organizational standards.
• When the RN communicates the plan of care to the LPN, it may be verbally, in the form of an established nursing plan of care, or both. Rule 4723444, OAC, further explains that the direction provided by RNs to LPNs about nursing practice is not meant to imply the RN is supervising the LPN in the employment context. The LPN is accountable to identify the RN or other authorized health care provider who is directing the LPN's practice. Otherwise, the LPN may be engaging in practice beyond the LPN authorized scope.
• LPN Practice Prohibitions - The following are specific LPN practice prohibitions contained in the NPA and rules:
• • Engaging in nursing practice without RN or authorized health care provider direction.
  • Administering lV push medications (lV medications other than Heparin or Saline to flush an intermittent infusion device).
  • Teaching the "practice of nursing."
  • Supervising and evaluating "nursing practice."
  • Assessing health status for purposes of providing nursing care.
• LPN Role/Nursinq Process - The following are examples of LPN practice in the NPA and administrative rules. The LPN: .
• • Collects and documents ob.iective and subjective data and observations about the patient.
  • Contributes observations and health information to the nursing assessment and reports all data to the RN or authorized directing health care provider.
  • lmplements the current plan of nursing care at the direction of the RN, or the medication or treatment authorized by the directing physician, physician assistant, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist or chiropractor.
  • Documents the patient's response to the nursing plan of care or the medication or treatment.
  • Contributes to the revision of the nursing plan of care.
  • Contributes to the evaluation of the patient's response to the plan of care through documentation and verbal communication with other members of the health care team.

• Other duties as requested or assigned, per policy and scope of practice.