EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

High School Diploma or GED

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

1+ year as Licensed Practical nurse preferred

LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS (IF APPLICABLE)

Licensed and currently registered or otherwise duly authorized to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in New York State.
Name: Basic Life Saver (BLS) Issuing Agency: AHA or Red Cross
Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-NYEE

• Delivers nursing care in structured & routine situations free of scientific complexity.
• Assistance with activities of daily living.
• Administration of treatments and routine tasks such as suctioning and urinary catheterizations.
• Preparation of patient for surgery, diagnostic tests, treatments, examinations.
• Administration of medications within scope of practice.
• Identification and set up of intravenous equipment and delivery of solutions for infusion through peripheral access devices
• Administer blood or blood products, with special training.
• Reports pertinent observations, treatments, medications, incidents & accidents associated with patients, to the Registered Professional Nurse & records same on appropriate documents with the format of charting utilized in the unit.
• Recognizes the unit based model for delivery of nursing care & assumes responsibility for assignments delegated by the Registered Professional Nurse such as: 1) Contributes to nursing care plan in collaboration with other members of nursing staff
• Reinforces the patient/family teaching process identified by the RN
• Provides emotional support to patients & their families/significant others
• Assists with the rehabilitation of patients according to the nursing care plan
• Provides for the physical comfort & safety of the patient
• Contributes to patient care conferences Assists in Emergency Resuscitative Procedures by initiating a Team 7000 call, performing resuscitative procedures such as BCLS & carrying out other activities as directed by the team. Documents nursing care delivered on appropriate forms within the medical record