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Job Summary:
Performs selected nursing functions under the direction of the Registered Nurse. A non-licensed healthcare provider employed by Erlanger who is responsible for direct and/or indirect care of the patient.
Education:
Required: Nursing student who has completed all but the last year of the nursing program toward the RN designation or a nursing student who has completed all but the last six months of the nursing program toward the LPN designation.
Preferred: N/A
Experience:
Required: Knowledge of general nursing principles and practice skills. Medical background.
Preferred: N/A
Position Requirement(s): License/Certification/Registration
Required: BLS completed prior to going to the unit/department and to be maintained going forward.
Preferred: N/A
Department Position Summary:
The employee must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on North Wing Seven, which is an internal medicine, diabetes, metabolic, cerebral vascular, and telemetry floor. The employee must be able to care for patients with insulin drips, glucose monitoring, cardiac drips, cardiac monitors, cerebral vascular status assessments, and other treatments or assessments necessary for patients with acute or chronic medical conditions.
The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the unit's policies and procedures.
The employee must possess the ability to provide direct patient care under the direction of a RN, including procedures, activities of daily living, and operating equipment necessary for patient care as assigned. The employee must possess the ability to work in the role of Patient Care Technician as needed.
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