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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)-Acute Care, Surgical Inpatient, Full Time, Days

Prisma Health

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Quick overview

Provides nursing care for patients under the direction of a Registered Nurse or Physician, including monitoring status and documenting responses. Performs patient care functions, administers medications, and ensures accurate maintenance of medical records.

Requirements summary

Requires completion of an LPN program recognized by the State Board of Nursing and a current LPN compact or multistate license. Candidates must have at least one year of LPN experience or have completed a recognized nurse residency program.

professional certificateDocumentationPatient careVital signs monitoringMedication administrationWound careData collectionPatient monitoringPatient instructionMedical records maintenancePulse oximetryGlucometer operationLab values monitoring

Job description

Inspire health.
Serve with compassion.
Be the difference.
Job Summary Under the direction of a Registered Nurse/Physician, provides nursing care for patients.
Assumes responsibility for data collection related to patient status, on-going monitoring, measuring, and documentation of patient responses; provides patient/family instruction.
Performs additional patient care functions for which appropriately licensed.
Bonus Eligible This position is bonus-eligible; follow this link for details.
Essential Functions All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health.
Serve with compassion.
Be the difference.
Provides patient care based upon individualized plan of care as delegated by the Registered Nurse/Physician including patient's physical, emotional, cultural, spiritual psychosocial, and education needs.
Monitors and documents patient status and condition which may include vital signs, drains, dressings, and lab values.
Informs appropriate Registered Nurse/Physician of activities performed, observations of patients and their responses, and changes in patient status.
Maintains and/or ensures accurate maintenance of patient's medical records and treats patient records as confidential.
Collects and documents data as delegated by the Registered Nurse/Physician, which may require the use of specialized equipment such as glucometer, pulse oximetry, etc.
Orients patient/family to room and unit routines Administers and documents administration of medications per policy Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervisory/Management Responsibility This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.
Minimum Requirements Education - Completion of an LPN program recognized by the State Board of Nursing.
Experience - One (1) year experience as an LPN.
In Lieu Of In lieu of one (1) year of LPN experience, will accept successful completion of the Prisma Health Nurse Residency Program or successful completion of a comparable residency program from another organization.
In lieu of completion of a LPN program, will accept program equivalency recognized by the State Board of Nursing.
In lieu of one (1) year of LPN experience, will accept candidates enrolled in an accredited LPN to RN transition program.

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)-Acute Care, Surgical Inpatient, Full Time, Days

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