Licensed Practical Nurse

Description

• Monitors patient health and administer basic care utilizing the nursing process within the LPN scope of practice in carrying out care plan objectives and goals.
• Role model expectations related to customer service.
• Collaborates with others to ensure that patients' physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met.
• Provides for the basic comfort of patient, implement nursing interventions identified in the plan of care that is individualized to their needs.
• Communicates therapeutically and professionally with patient, visitors, coworkers and others involved in the patient's treatment in an effective manner.
• Provide for the safe delivery of medications in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians orders and / or current practice.
• Maintains standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards and psychiatric nursing standards.
• Delivery of thorough, accurate reporting and documentation of the patient symptoms, responses and progress.

Qualifications

Education

Preferred

Licenses & Certifications

Required

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)