Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Progressive Care Unit, Full-Time (Nights 7p-7:30a) Per Diem

Under the supervision of the RN, the LPN provides safe nursing care in a timely manner to patients in the PCU. The LPN performs within the scope of licensed practical nursing practice as defined by the State Board of Nursing.

Education: Graduate of an accredited school of Practical Nursing with current VT LPN license.

Experience: Previous clinical experience preferred.

Certifications: BLS required.

Reports To: Nurse Manager and Director of PCU

Other Contacts: Charge Nurse, Physicians, Shift Administrators, patients and patient’s family, other employees, public & allied health agencies.

Machinery or Equipment Used: Computer, phone, fax, addressograph, photocopier, electronic monitoring, and treatment devices.

Physical Demands: Must be able to lift/push/pull up to 50 pounds. Lifts, positions, pushes and or transfers patients. Pushes, moves or lifts heavy equipment and supplies. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching. Prolonged extensive or considerable standing and walking.

Working Conditions: Regularly exposed to the risks associated with blood borne and other infectious and contagious diseases. Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances (accidents, injuries, illness, emergent situation). Occasionally subjected to irregular hours or unpredictable work situations. Subject to stressful environment due to multiple demands.

Required Protective Equipment: Includes but not limited to gowns, masks, non-sterile medical gloves, and sterile medical gloves, goggles.

1. Perform job duties within the scope of licensed practical nursing practices as defined by the State Board of Nursing.

2 .Incorporates data collection and appropriate intervention skills in all interactions and delivery of nursing care including:

• Safety & protection

• Equipment use and management

3. Communicates with patients, team members, and management in an accurate and timely manner evidenced by:

• Talks with and listens to patients/team members

• Reports pertinent, concise information

• Complete timely clinical documentation/order entry

• Protects confidentiality of patient/colleagues

4. Applies critical thinking skills and considers alternatives

• Organizes multitask workload

• Prioritizes tasks/work

• Seeks assistance

• Collects/integrates data from multiple sources

• Organizes/delivers care for multiple patient assignment

5. Develops and maintain human care relationships

• Integrates the influence of the human experience of health, illness and/or healing

• Adapts care management for diverse populations and environment

• Advocates for needs of patients

• Provides care in ethical and legal manner

• Refers concerns/issues to appropriate resources

6. Manages self and resources effectively

• Acknowledges limits of experience and capability

• Identifies learning needs and seeks resources

• Utilizes equipment and supplies appropriately

• Maintain clean, orderly environment of care

• Ensures traffic control in “sensitive areas”

• Seeks out and accepts feedback

• Requests assistance appropriately

7. Applies leadership skills

• Works within scope of practice

• Interacts with others in professional manner

• Manages conflict

• Delegates and assigns care to LNAs

• Participates in care within multi-disciplinary team

8. Incorporates teaching in delivery of care with a focus on health promotion

• Provides appropriate information to patient

• Assesses for barriers to learning

• Uses colleagues as a learning resource

• Provides counseling about health behaviors

• Supports the preceptorship program, job shadow, and student experiences

9. Applies knowledge integration skills for the patient population served within unit

• Provides age specific care

• Applies knowledge of expected norms in planning care

• Applies new data to improve care

• Integrates technical, psychological, social, intellectual and physical skills

10. Demonstrates the unit specific skills requisite for unit/patient population served

• See unit specific competencies