LVN - Clairemont Mesa MOB - Family Medicine-Regular ...

Under direct supervision of an RN or provider performs routine patient care, excluding administration of IV medications and venipuncture, following established policies, procedures and standards; follows Quality of Service Standards; follows Universal Precautions. Essential Functions: - May perform nursing care functions such as vital signs, removal and/or application of dressings for assessment by licensed provider. - Cleaning or irrigating wound after provider's assessment and instructions, shaving and skin preparation, ear washes, NG insertion&lavage, urinary catheter insertion&irrigation. - Reinforce standardized self care procedures as directed by licensed provider. - Recognizes and responds to acute emergency situation following established procedures. - Orients patients to system policies and practices. - Provides appropriate instruction sheets based upon provider direction. - Reviews instruction sheet with patient. - Administers medications, excluding IV medications, as ordered by provider. - Observes and documents patients' response to medications and therapy. - May perform tuberculin, coccidioidin and histoplasmin skin tests, provides such tests are part of a tuberculosis control program. - May perform immunizations provides they are based upon written protocols. - Completes necessary arrangements or organizes treatment rooms prior to surgical and/or examination procedures by setting up or laying out instruments, drapes and sponges contained in sterile trays and assembling equipment items as required for particular procedures as directed. - May assist licensed provider with patient examinations and treatments by positioning, restraining patients, and assisting as directed. - Provides assistance in treatment rooms during minor surgical procedures and/or various diagnostic examinations by positioning and draping. - May hold clamps or retractors, sponge vascular areas, and pass instruments as specifically directed by the physician. - Assures safety of patient during procedures. - May prepare and transport items such as medical equipment and laboratory specimens. - May clean and disinfect instruments/equipment according to standardized procedures. - Follows Universal Precautions. Reports incidents of failure to follow procedures to Department Administrator or designee. - Maintains departmental files, performing duties such as pulling file and assembling forms prior to appointment, and filing returned diagnostic reports as directed. - Initiates and/or completes diagnostic rest forms per provider order, telephones prescriptions to pharmacies, relays medical information from physician to patient, and relays information from patient to physician. - Charts in patient's medical record as indicated. - May perform lab tests including urine dip-tests, acetone tests, hemoccult tests, tests to determine. PH, protein, PKU. - May perform hearing and vision tests, glaucoma tests and visual acuities. - Collects, by non-invasive and invasive techniques, and preserves specimens for testing, including urine, and sputum and stool. - Participates in Department Quality Assurance activities. - Performs other duties, as required, such as checking patients' medical records for incomplete data and relaying message to staff personnel. - Note: Specific duties may vary depending on assignment. - Note: Bold print indicates the differences between an MAII&LVN.

Created: 2024-11-02