LPN, 8E Complex Medical/Trauma, 7p-7a

Overview

We are Hiring at University Hospital - 8East Complex Medical/Trauma Unit

Location:  530 S. Jackson St, Louisville, KY 40202

Shift Options: Full Time, 7p-7a

 

About UofL Health

UofL Health is a not-for-profit (501(c)(3)) fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals, four medical centers, Brown Cancer Center, Eye Institute, more than 250 physician practice locations, and more than 1,200 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties, including southern Indiana. Additional access to UofL Health is provided through a partnership with Carroll County Memorial Hospital.

 

Affiliated with the University of Louisville School of Medicine, UofL Health is committed to providing patients with access to the most advanced care available. This includes clinical trials, collaboration on research and the development of new technologies to both save and improve lives. With more than 14,000 team members – physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly-skilled health care professionals, UofL Health is focused on one mission: to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care. For more information on UofL Health, go to www.UofLHealth.org.

 

Our Mission

As an academic health care system, we will transform the health of the communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care

 

Responsibilities

• The LPN is responsible for providing patient care utilizing the nursing process. The nurse collaborates with members of the interdisciplinary team and ancillary staff, to provide effective, safe quality care.  The LPN is a key member of a team, which promotes patients’ recovery and functional improvement
• Demonstrates knowledge of nursing theory and practice within the scope of practice defined for LPN’s by the Kentucky Board of Nursing
  • Completes a comprehensive daily assessment on assigned patients as evidenced by daily shift report and documentation in the patient’s record
  • Prioritizes care based on nursing assessment of patient needs as evidenced by patient’s progress toward achievement of established goals
  • Reviews and revises patient care plans according to established policy and procedure
  • Delivers direct patient care based on physicians’ orders and nursing interventions established on patient care plan as evidenced by documentation in the patient’s record
  • Documents interventions and progress towards patient goals
  • Demonstrates knowledge of basic laboratory values by notifying nursing manager and/or physician of any abnormalities within shift of lab data; ensures critical lab results reported within 30 minutes
  • Administers and documents prescribed medications (scheduled/PRN) according to schedule and procedure
  • Demonstrates initiative in performance of nursing care by securing and implementing physicians’ orders and nursing orders without direct instructions of supervisor
  • Reviews and ensures implementation of all MD orders each shift
• Assists in implementation of appropriate teaching program for individual patients
  • Assists in development, delivery and documentation of education to meet patient and/or family educational goals
  • Patient/PCG instructed on self-care, home medications and follow up care/appointments prior to discharge and appropriate documentation completed
• Communicates effectively with other members of the interdisciplinary team
  • Reports patient information/status according to guidelines established in policy and procedure to nurse in charge of shift report as indicated by no more than two (2) reported incidents of failure to follow shift guidelines
  • Reports patient information/status to immediate supervisor as patient condition changes as indicated by no reported incidents of supervisors not being aware of changes in patient medical status
  • Communicates directly with physicians and other interdisciplinary team members regarding changes in patient’s condition, inappropriate patient response to nursing interventions, progress toward achievement of short-and long-term goals, and cancellation of therapy, and other data as indicated by action taken to meet changing patient needs and lack of team members’ complaints
  • Communicates patient information/status for inter-disciplinary chart rounds according to established policy and procedure with no more than two (2) omissions of completing chart round documentation
  • Provides positive, supportive communication to patient family and hospital personnel as demonstrated by supervisor’s observations and no documented complaints
  • Identifies and escalates issues to appropriate p