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Practical Nurse (Outpatient)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Posted 51 days ago
About the Role
About the Position: Kenner Army Health Clinic, Defense Health Agency Medical Treatment Facility, Fort Lee, Virginia. Kenner offers delivery of direct primary and preventive nursing care to active duty and retiree family members of all ages. Duty hours are Monday - Friday, 0700-1600, closed weekends and federal holidays. This is an open continuous announcement. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
What You'll Do
- →Provide practical nursing care to patients in the outpatient clinic with a variety of medical conditions.
- →Perform tasks such as recording vital signs, ordering labs, tracking patient’s laboratory, radiology orders and referral results to completion.
- →Initiate and maintain medical histories on patients, records observations, and identifies symptoms for use by the clinician.
- →Report significant findings to the supervising nurse or physician.
- →Perform direct nursing care to clinic patients via telemedicine, virtual, and face-to-face care.
- →Conduct focused nursing assessments and contributes to the care plan.
- →Maintain timely and accurate documentation of care provided and ensures adherence to established protocols.
- →Communicate with patients and families to ensure they are informed about care plans and progress.
- →Administer prescribed medications with increased independence, ensuring proper patient dosages, routes, and times are followed Prepare and delivers oral, topical, and injectable forms while monitoring for and responding to side effects or adverse reactions.
- →Assist in performing and managing medical procedures, physical examinations, and treatments.
- →Utilize electronic health record and information technology as effective communication and management tools to facilitate the patient experience and coordination.
- →Assist with resuscitations, stabilizations, and other critical interventions as well as initiates emergency care as needed and assembles, operates, and monitors specialized equipment.
- →Monitor patient responses during and after procedures, ensuring that any complications are addressed promptly.
- →Ensure compliance with infection control protocols throughout all procedures.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 98446b12-9d09-4c69-b0d0-49e39262428f
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