Travel LPN / LVN - Long Term Care - $1,512 per week Job Listing at Kindred Hospital - Denver in Denver, CO (Job ID 4482286-2024-08-18)

Description

Certification Details
• Must have IV certification, this must be attached to the submission packet.
• Must have BLS certification must be attached to the candidate submission (Must be through the American Heart Association), RQI certifications will not be accepted.

Job Details
• The Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse works with critically ill patients who require the use of monitoring devices, measuring heart rates, breathing rates, blood pressure and oxygen levels.
• The LPN/LVN may monitor the patient at bedside and provide medications and other support as needed, or sometimes the monitoring is done remotely from a central location, such as the nurses station.
• The LPN/LVN should demonstrate the following basic competencies: Basic and advanced life support, dysrhythmia monitoring techniques, interpretation and treatment, medication dosage calculation, patient monitoring for medication effects, continuous medication infusion administration (non-titrated vasoactive agents, anti-arrhythmic agents, platelet inhibitors and/or insulin).
• Patient monitoring using standardized procedures for pre-, intra, and post procedures (TEE, cardiac catheterization with PCI, cardioversion, bronchoscopy, EGD, PEG placement, chest tube insertion).
• Recognition of the symptoms and signs of cardiopulmonary emergencies and the initiation of standardized interventions to stabilize the patient awaiting transfer to critical care.
• Hemodynamic monitoring including equipment setup and troubleshooting, monitoring and recognition of signs and symptoms of patient instability.
• Interpretation of ABGs and communication of the findings.
• Assessment of the ventilated patient to assure delivery of the prescribed treatment and proper patient response.
• Recognition of indications for and management of the patient requiring non-invasive 02 delivery systems including oral airways, bipap and nasal CPAP.
• Assessment and understanding of long-term mechanical ventilation and weaning.
• Assessment, monitoring and managing of patients who require renal therapeutic interventions such as hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, continuous bladder irrigation, stents and urostomies.
• Recognition of the indications for and complications of enteral and parental nutrition.
• Recognition of and evaluation of the family's needs for more involvement in the care to aid in transition from hospital to home.
• The LPN/LVN should have the following characteristics: advocacy, clinical judgment, caring practices, systems thinking, response to diversity, collaboration, clinical inquiry and also be a teacher to educate the patient and their families.

Job Requirements
• Must have CO LPN or multi-state compact license.
• Must have IV certification.
• Must have BLS certification through the American Heart Association.

Schedule Information
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Additional Details
• Will the position be required to float to other units?
• Number of beds in your facility?
• Years of experience required?
• Is there anyone in the past that has worked for you that you would consider rehiring?
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