Description:
OVERVIEW:
Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN’s) fill the role in hospital and clinical settings.
The primary job duties are to provide health care, observe patients’ health, assist doctors and registered nurses, can communicate instruction to patients regarding medication, home-based care, and preventive lifestyle changes.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:
Obtains and documents healthy history, information on chief complaint, vital signs, and health risk factors and assesses disease conditions
Providers patient care based on practice guidelines, standards of care, and federal/state law and regulations
Executes prescribed treatment and medical interventions, administers prescribed medications, and monitors and documents treatment progress and patient response
Documents patient assessment and intervention data using established medical record forms/automated systems and documentation practices
Knowledge of professional nursing theory, regulations, and practices to give and evaluate patient care
Nursing processes; health care systems, structure, and functions; and community resources.
Understanding of health care technology, equipment, and supplies
Familiarity with state law on licensed nursing care, nursing practice guidelines, and clinic policies and procedures.
RESPONSIBILITIES/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:
Providing the basic bedside care like dressing wounds, changing bandages, inserting catheters, and giving injections
Taking patient’s vital signs such as respiration, temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate
Enter data related to the record of the patient into the EMR
Interview patients and examine their medical history
Regulate vaccinations and injections
Educate patients to avoid an unhealthy lifestyle
Inform patient of doctor’s orders or test results via mail or phone call
Assist registered nurse and other superior nurses to develop best course of action for the patient
Help the patient understand documentation and paperwork
Inform the patient about their present problems, allergies, medications, and keeping their medical records up to date
Accomplished the patient’s immunizations, visual acuity testing, nebulizer treatment, and regulate TB test
Talk to the patient and family members about a treatment plan once the patient leaves the hospital
Assists in IV set-up: validate solution to be regulated, analyzing infusion site, keep track of IV function and patient comfort, and terminate IV at the appropriate time, as ordered by Medical Staff
Undertakes various office responsibility; answer phone calls, replying to messages, execute triage within the scope of LPN
Keeping track of the eating habits of the patients and knowledge of usage of the washroom
Knowledge of professional nursing theory, regulations, and practices to give and evaluate patient care
Nursing processes; health care systems, structure, and functions; and community resources.
Understanding of health care technology, equipment, and supplies
Familiarity with state law on nursing care, nursing practice guidelines, and clinic policies and procedures
Chart/medical record documentation requirements and federal/state law related to release to release of health care information
Perform any other duties that may be necessary for the operation of the corporation and/or hospital
Requirements:
QUALIFICATIONS:
High school diploma
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
Two plus years nursing experience
Current LPN license in North Carolina
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Frequent mobility and/or sitting required for extended periods of time
Manual dexterity and use of a calculator or computer keyboard.
Varied activities including standing, walking, reaching, bending, lifting
Occasionally lifts to 50 pounds
Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal ranges
Requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours
Exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, ionization radiation, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a hospital and/or clinic environment
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