LPN Core Competencies Manual

Highlighting:

• Blank forms with step-by-step instructions for completion and a completed example to administer, assess, collect, aggregate data to identify learning needs, track document LPN competencies which meet the intent of the JCAHO standard.
• Policies, procedures and blank forms for Performance Appraisals and Nursing Service Competency Assessment.
• Forms are generic and will not require modification or revision before use by hospitals and healthcare institutions.
• Step-by-step instructions on how to perform core competencies that have universal application for the practice of nursing for every hospital healthcare institution in the United States.
• Objective, measurable performance appraisal and competency assessment system; performance improvement plan to correct below standard ratings.
• Objectively demonstrates that nurses have taken what they learned in the classroom and put that knowledge into action in the performance of their job duties, the definition of competency.

Section I:

• Competence Assessment/Performance Appraisal Program Policy and Procedure
• Employee Appraisal Form/Instructions
• Employee Health Requirements
• Performance Improvement Plan for Below Standard Ratings
• Performance Appraisal Completed Example
• Performance Appraisal Summary Form
• Performance Appraisal Competency Assessment Board Report
• Performance Appraisal Competency Assessment Board Report Example
• Competency Development Form
• Competency Follow-up Form
• Competency Follow-up Completed Example
• Permanent Competency Information For Licensed Nurses Form
• Permanent Competency Information For Licensed Nurses Completed Example
• Nursing Service Competency By Service Area and Performance Appraisal Date Form
• Nursing Service Competency By Service Area and Performance Appraisal Date Example
• LPN Core Nursing Competency Form
• LPN Core Nursing Competency Example
• Performance Improvement Plan for Below Standard Rating Example
• Employee Equipment Competency Validation Form
• Non Patient Care Equipment Form
• Non Patient Care Equipment Example
• AM/POS Patient Care Equipment Form
• AM/POS Patient Care Equipment Form Example
• LPN Core Summary Form for LPN
• LPN Core Summary Example

As a Needs Assessment

As a Report for Below Standard Ratings

As Documentation of Competency Status for an Entire Unit

• Collection of Aggregate Data
• Index of Forms and Instructions for Completion

Section II:

• Competency #I: Performs Certain Aspects of Intravenous Therapy
• Competency #II: Provides Appropriate Nursing Care (Age Specific) To Acute Medical Patient Population
  

  Growth and Development (Infancy)

  Growth and Development (Toddler)

  Growth and Development (Preschooler)

  Growth and Development (Schoolchildren)

  Growth and Development (Preadolescence)

  Growth and Development (Young Adults)

  Growth and Development (Middle years)

  Growth and Development (Later Maturity)
  

• Competency #III: Documents Nursing Care On Patient Records Consistent With Written Guidelines
• Competency #IV: Assists Physician In Performing Elective/Emergency Procedures
• Competency #V: Uses Hospital Resources For Patient Care
• Competency #VI: Prepares And Administers Medication According To Hospital Policy/Procedure
• Competency #VII: Transcribes Physician’s Orders
• Competency #VIII: Complies With Safety And Emergency Procedures
• Competency #IX: Admits, Transfers, and Discharges Patients
• Competency #X: Performs A Physical Examination On Assigned Patients On Admission, Once Every Eight Hours, And When Indicated, Based On The Condition Of The Patient
• Competency #XI: Uses Equipment Required For Implementing Patient Care
• Competency # XII: Attaches Patient To Telemetry/Lifepak Monitor; Obtains And Interprets A Cardiac Rhythm Strip
• Competency # XIII: Inquires About Learning Needs Of Patient/Family; Plans, Provides, Evaluates, And Documents Patient/Family Education
• Bibliography

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