The Vanderbilt Home Care LPN Bootcamp Program is a 12-week educational program designed to prepare the newly licensed LPN to the home care setting.
Department/Unit Summary
Vanderbilt Home Care is part of one of the country's most respected medical centers. We provide in-home care for patients with chronic conditions.
Imagine being able to take a more personal approach to nursing -- focusing on just one patient at a time. It's possible as a private duty professional with Vanderbilt Home Care.
The majority of our private duty patients are infants or children, so we look for nurses who have a strong desire to work with a pediatric population.
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Bringing Vanderbilt Care into Your Home Since 1985
Vanderbilt Home Care provides caregivers in the patient's own environment under the direction of the patient's physician. When you or your loved one receives care from Vanderbilt Home Care, you are in the hands of highly skilled, compassionate individuals. We take pride in our work and feel privileged to be part of one of the country's most respected medical centers.
Our Mission and Values:
Our mission is to provide excellence in home care with the high standards that we would expect for our own family and loved ones. Our values include:
- Support for community based home services through excellence in clinical practice and education
- Patient safety and quality
- Strong interdisciplinary collaboration, communication and partnership
- Evidenced based practice and clinical expertise
- Technology enhanced innovation
The Home Health Quality team is a small task oriented team which consists of a quality educator, a quality data analyst, and quality reviewer. They work closely together with clinical managers to provide meaningful data on home health patient population and clinician best practices
Our Nursing Philosophy:
We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.
Achieve the Remarkable:
Learn more about VUMC Nursing:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Perform superior assessment skills, combined with a broad skillset to include management of the ventilator dependent patient, which requires constant oversight and clinical intervention
- Administer intravenous fluids and perform sterile procedures
- Wound management and maintenance of skin integrity
- Recognize and respond to clinical situations appropriately and timely to prevent patient decompensation and injury
- Identify and assess patient needs and clinical changes and accurately report assessment findings in a timely manner to the supervising RN and physician
- Collaborates with patients/families and health care providers in the delivery of health care services to ensure patient progress for effective outcomes
- The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.
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