Licensed Practical Nurse

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

Cares for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals and similar institutions.

General Accountabilities

Administers prescribed medications or starts intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

Observes patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions.

Answers patients' calls and determines how to assist them.

Measures and records patients' vital signs.

Provides basic patient care or treatments.

Works as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

Supervises nurses' aides or assistants.

Assembles and uses equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.

Records food and fluid intake and output.

Collects samples, such as blood and urine from patients, and performs routine laboratory tests on samples.

Prepares patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.

Helps patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.

Sterilizes equipment and supplies.

• The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Job Qualifications

Education : Associate's degree in nursing

Experience : LPN license with 1-2 years of related experience

Skills

Service orientationActive listeningCoordinationMonitoring