Registered Nurse and Licensed Vocational Nurses
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A Texas State wide customer who has hundreds of programs and services that help more than 7 million Texans a month live better lives, and it’s their strong foundation of dedicated people who make it happen every single day. Vision: "Making a positive difference in the lives of the people we serve." Mission: "Improving the health, safety and well-being of Texans with good stewardship of public resources."
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Professional Resumes only please*** Job Requirements: Must be a licensed LVN or RN in the state of Texas At least 1+ years of experience in a mental health setting What you need to know: performs routine nursing work at the competent level in a Mental Health Hospital. Conducts comprehensive assessments of patients' nursing care needs using specialized skills in (depending on the setting) psychiatric or medical-surgical nursing. Identifies nursing diagnoses or problem lists and formulates an initial plan of care based on assessment data. Serves as a team leader and provides clinical supervision to other nursing staff members including Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) and Psychiatric Nursing Assistants (PNA) as necessary. Establishes unit routines and develops and maintains the therapeutic milieu. Observes patient behavior and status and reports to the physician, other team members and supervisor as appropriate. Carries out nursing interventions as identified in the multi-disciplinary recovery plan. Administers medications as ordered and maintains medication administration and controlled drug records according to facility policy. Serves as group leader for therapeutic patient groups or patient teaching activities as necessary or as requested.