ER LVN: Direct Care in a Fast-Paced ER

Altus Community Healthcare; Livingston (TX); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Altus Community Healthcare in Livingston, TX seeks an Emergency Room Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to provide direct nursing care to an assigned group of patients under the supervision of a registered nurse.

Responsibilities include performing vitals, blood draws, IV insertions, EKGs when indicated, administering medications, documenting care, and following physician orders while maintaining patient privacy.

Qualifications

• Performs vitals, blood draws, IV insertions, EKGs on patients as indicated.
• Delivers direct nursing care to assigned patients.
• Attends to admission, discharge, and transfer procedures and participates in nursing plan of care.

Responsibilities

• Performs vitals, blood draws, IV insertions, EKGs on patients when indicated.
• Provides direct nursing care to assigned patients.
• Participates in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the nursing care given; performs admission, discharge, and transfer procedures.
• Uses the nursing plan of care; reviews and may modify the plan under supervision.
• Observes and records patient status; proposes revisions and outcomes.
• Administers medications and treatments as ordered by physicians.
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Documents nursing care in patient records.

Skills

Vital signs

IV insertion

EKG

Medication administration

Job description

Altus Community Healthcare in Livingston, TX seeks an Emergency Room Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to provide direct nursing care to an assigned group of patients under the supervision of a registered nurse.

Responsibilities include performing vitals, blood draws, IV insertions, EKGs when indicated, administering medications, documenting care, and following physician orders while maintaining patient privacy.