Licensed Practical Nurse

Overview:

Manage the nursing care of individual, including determining the need for immediate physician attention, the execution of medical orders of the physician or dentist and the coordination of the individuals nursing care in relation to routine facility activities and the individuals comprehensive treatment plans. Responsible for overall medical, dental, and nutritional care of all MR/DD individuals residing in facility. Adherence to applicable regulations and review of resident progress as appropriate.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluates each client's need for nursing care on a periodic and continuing basis, and when appropriate provide such care under the supervision of RN and QIDP.
• Such services include control of communicable diseases and infection through identification and assessment, reporting to medical authorities, implementation of appropriate protective and preventive measures.
• Develops a written nursing plan for each client requiring nursing care as part of individual program plan
• Reviews each client's plan in terms of the clients' daily needs at least quarterly, and more frequently for those with an acute or chronic condition requiring treatment or surveillance by a physician or other health professional.
• Modifies nursing plan as necessary.
• Monitors the effects of medication and make periodic checks to assure that clients are talking medications prescribed, the prescriptions are taken as necessary mid outdated and discontinued drugs are disposed properly.
• Make periodic checks to ensure that clients are maintaining an adequate level of personal hygiene.
• Secure the services of the clients' physician for illness or injury and for continuing and preventive health services.
• Arranges all medical, dental appointments and hospital admissions.
• Promptly informs Program Manage/RN of any serious incident car violations of resident and staff rights per established policies.
• Utilizes tile nursing process to assess, plan, inclement and evaluate patient care.
• Performs focused interview to identify specific patient's needs.
• Assess signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the individual's condition.
• Collects, analyzes, and interpret data and information from records and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses.
• Record on the individuals medical records nursing observations and action taken, such as nursing care given, medications and treatments given, reactions to treatments, tests, the intake and output of fluids and solids and the individual's vital signs. Record nursing needs of individuals.
• Work harmoniously and cooperatively with all consulting and/or contracted medical services to insure
• Recommended treatments are carried out, integrated and documented into die treatment plans.
• Insure that the inventory standards for medicines, solutions, supplies and equipment are maintained to meet nursing care needs.