LPN Home Care

Join a team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of our community. Our Mission at Friendship Village of Dublin is “To care for, engage, and inspire our community to reimagine and maximize quality of life at every age”.

At Friendship Village our Values Drive us to RISE to any Occasion

Values

Respect: Integrity and Innovation

Stewardship

Excellence

Friendship Village of Dublin is now looking for RNs to work in our State-of-the-art Health Center! .

Essential Duties

• Take and transcribe physicians’ orders, send out telephone order slips, if applicable, uses the pharmacy fax machine to order medications.
• Assist with orientation, teaching and supervision of nursing personnel; report all concerns and accomplishments to DON.
• May participate in employee performance evaluations, report concerns to DON and make recommendations to the DON concerning employee counseling, etc.
• Continuously assess resident’s conditions and needs; report observations to DON. Contribute toward development of resident care plans, utilizing all knowledge of restorative and rehabilitative nursing principles.
• Admit and orient new residents; follow complete admission procedures.
• Ensure that only trained and authorized personnel operate your unit/shifts equipment.
• Maintain resident charts, performs charting duties, keeps narcotic counts and medication records, and counts controlled substances with on-coming shift nurse.
• Complete forms for transfer and discharge.
• Perform or delegate and supervise all care for assigned residents.
• Make rounds, records vital statistics data.
• Administer medications; perform other professional nursing duties as required. These may include administering enemas, tube feeding and G-tubes, glucometer readings, catheterization, suctioning, administering of intravenous fluids, treatments involving sterile technique dressings, catheter irrigations, isolation technique, setting up oxygen, performing CPR, caring for terminal and deceased residents.
• Administer emergency care, notify physician and family or residents representative, of condition change or emergency and render follow-up care according to physicians’ orders.
• Respond immediately to resident's emergency call system, including for independent living residents) and take appropriate action; document all such occurrences.