Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) MedSurg

West River Health ServicesHettinger, ND

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Job Description

Position Summary:
Care for patients under the direction of physicians and registered nurse.

Excellence in Practice:

Treats patients with respect and dignity. Provides privacy for all cares.
Understands and follows physician orders.
Proper documentation: MAR, Revise and update care plan, PIE charting, Patient and Family education and Discharge Summary.
Safely administers medication as ordered by physician. Demonstrates knowledge of purpose, med dosage, calculation of dosage, expected outcome and adverse reactions.
Effective communication skills: Supervision of nurse aides, appropriately informs nursing staff and physician pertinent changes in patient condition. Accurate and precise report. Follow chain of command.
Critical thinking skills: Recognize significant change in patient condition and responds quickly and appropriately. Including notification of personnel and families.
Good time management skills: Able to prioritize and multi-task, completes assignments timely and accurately, flexible to the patient and departmental needs without interference to patient care.
Provide clear education to patient and family.
Seeks guidance and direction as necessary.
Equipment maintenance: Maintains equipment and reports failures to Maintenance/Biomed and CNO if appropriate.

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Submit 10x as many applications with less effort than one manual application.