JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education

Graduate of a School of Practical Nursing. Completion of LPNII course.

Experience

Two (2) years nursing experience, with one-year practice following completion of LPN II course. One (1) year experience must be a hospital setting in a medical-surgical environment. Knowledge and Abilities: Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to and communicate with primarily the geriatric population, and to a lesser degree the pediatric and adult populations. Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span. Able to assess data reflecting the patients’ status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age-specific needs.

Physical

This is a safety sensitive position. Please see the St. Bernards Substance Abuse Policy for further information.

Involves being inside and outside. Exposure to temperatures 32 degrees and less and 100 degrees or more, fumes, dust, and noise. Hearing within normal range. Frequent sitting, stooping, standing, walking, bending, pushing/pulling up to 250 pounds, carrying up to 35 pounds, and lifting up to 100 pounds.

JOB SUMMARY

Performs selected nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse.

According to state law and the standards of this agency, the Home Health LPN is limited in the following area. LPNs can make visits requiring routine skilled care, such as:

Dressing changes

Finger stick blood sugars (FSBS)

Urinary catheter insertions

Venipunctures for laboratory specimens

Injections by IM or SQ, as permitted by policy

Other routine nursing tasks

IV antibiotic therapy

De-access central lines

IV hydration

Central line maintenance/flushing & site care

Simple assessments (collect assessment data)

PEG

NG tubes

LPNs may not:

Unilateral changes in the Plan of Care- call M.D.; write orders; change care plan

Admission visit-initial comprehensive assessment

Recertification visit

Resume visit

High risk IV therapy (Dobumine, TPN, Chemotherapy)

Access Porta cath

1st dose antibiotics

Patient Care Technician personal care evaluation (every 14 days)

Patient Care Technician supervisory visits (every 100 hours)

Other duties identified by supervisory staff

OASIS assessment

Discharge visits

Assess/Manage Epidural Infustion

Complex assessment

Blood drawn from central venous access