Licensed Practical Nurse - Community Living Center
for section headings (e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We should include sections only when posting has real specific content. The posting includes a mission summary (maybe "About the role"?), qualifications (detailed), duties (list). No explicit benefits, pay, schedule. So we should not create those sections.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. Remove duplicated lines. The posting includes some repeated lines? Not obvious.
We need to format: maybe sections: About the role (mission summary), Qualifications, Responsibilities (duties). Use
for each.
Inside Qualifications, we have a lot of text; we can keep as prose paragraphs, maybe break into paragraphs for readability but not required. Could also use for list of requirements? The qualifications are not a simple list; they are paragraphs with details. We'll keep as .
For Duties, we have a long paragraph with many sentences; we could split into
- each duty? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The duties are enumerated in a paragraph but could be considered a list. Safer to convert each duty sentence into
- . But we must preserve all substantive information; splitting into list items is okay as long as we don't lose info. We'll produce a
with each duty as - . Ensure we don't miss any.
Let's extract duties sentences from the text after "Duties". The duties paragraph starts: "The Community Living Center Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides essential basic medical and nursing care to long term care residents". Then many sentences separated by periods. We'll split by period and treat each as a duty.
Let's copy the duties text:
"The Community Living Center Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides essential basic medical and nursing care to long term care residentsThe LPN is responsible for tasks like administering medications - monitoring health - and assisting with daily activitiesLPN's work under the supervision of Registered Nurses (RNs) and play a vital role in maintaining resident's well beingFunctions of practice: Provides care of patients/residents and their environment contributing to optimizing patient/resident outcomes as a member of the multi-disciplinary healthcare teamThe LPN practices within the scope and licensure of a LPN in the nursing unit - clinic - area of assignment and demonstrates consistent practice when temporarily assigned to related nursing units and clinicsProvides care and services to multiple populations served and admitted to the nursing unit/clinic - area of assignment as determined by the patient/resident need for nursing care and services - Provides reporting - communication - and documentation in the computerized patient record system with other members of the multi-disciplinary healthcare teamMaintains licensure - BCLS - and currency in required education and training as identified by regulating agencies - the CMCVAMC - VISN and National AgencyDemonstrates the knowledge and skills required for LPN licensure in the performance of assigned duties consistentlyDemonstrates competency and consistency in the technical use of equipment - application of technical standards and performance of administrative support dutiesDemonstrates knowledge of and compliance with standard operating procedures for the maintenance of reusable medical equipmentParticipates in Medical Center activities and demonstrates skills and behaviors that provide and promote positive internal and external customer relationshipsAttends unit level and Medical Center meetings and develops as an employee to support committee participationMaintains patient/resident safety standards assuring patient /resident privacy - patient/resident physical safety - and patient/resident psychological safetyEstablishes working relationships with multi-disciplinary and multi-level members of the work team promoting the physical - psychological - and emotional safety of the working environment for all team membersAdministers medications within the scope of their license consistent with MCM I I-03 Administration of MedicationsProvides assistance and support to the Registered Nurse and/or provider within the scope of the LPN license and consistent with Medical Center policyParticipates in established patient education programs and seeks certification in programs as appropriateDemonstrates the knowledge and skills to provide care and services consistent with Infection Control Standards of Practice providing optimal outcomes for patients - residents - visitors - and employeesRecognizes - responds - and initiates appropriate level response to medical emergency such as cardiac and/or respiratory failureEnsure residents receive prescribed medications and treatments at the correct times and dosages according to physician's ordersCheck vital signs - monitoring for changes in physical and mental health - and reporting concerns to RN or appropriate healthcare teamAssisting or providing residents with personal hygiene - mobility - and other activities of daily living - providing comfort and supportWork with other healthcare professionals to develop and implement care plans for residentsProvide basic education to residents and their families about their health conditions and care plans - medication instructions - and other health related informationProvide basic wound care through cleaning and dressing wounds - and monitoring for signs of infectionMaintain accurate records of care - observations - and interventionsAssist with procedures like catheterization - administering injections - and oth"
Note there is a truncated at end "and oth". Probably cut off. We'll keep as is.
We need to split into sentences. However many sentences lack spaces after periods due to formatting. We'll need to insert spaces manually? We can just keep as one paragraph? But instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. If we don't split, it's not a list. Could keep as
for duties. That might be acceptable because it's not a list. The instruction says "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". If we treat duties as prose, we can use
. That is safer to avoid missing content due to splitting errors.
Thus we will have sections: About the role (mission summary), Qualifications, Responsibilities (duties). Use
for each.
Now extract mission summary: "OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families - caregivers - and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?" That's the summary.
We'll put that in
under About the role.
Qualifications: The big block after "Qualifications". We'll keep as
maybe multiple paragraphs for readability but not required. We'll keep as single
preserving all text.
We need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-3 to GS-6." That's part of qualifications; we should keep it.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families - caregivers - and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?
Qualifications
[all qualifications text]
Responsibilities
[all duties text]
Make sure no extra whitespace at start/end.
Now extract qualifications text exactly as in the posting after "Qualifications". Let's copy:
"To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 09/22/2026.
Basic Requirements United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA PolicyEnglish Language ProficiencyIn accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d) - no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken EnglishEducation - Graduate of a school of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate State agency and/or accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) at the time the program was completed by the applicantExceptions include: Health care education in the military service or training in the military service which is accepted by the licensing body in the jurisdiction in which the individual is licensed as qualifying for full LPN/LVN licensure will be accepted as meeting the education requirements for VHA employmentOR Current GS-0620 LPN/LVN employee of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) who was converted to an appointment under 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) in implementation of Public Law 98-160 - enacted November 21 - 1983 - or who was converted to an appointment under 38 U.S.C. 7405 in implementation of Public Law 99-576 - enacted October 28 - 1986OR Individual granted a license by a jurisdiction that does not require graduation from an approved schoolLicensure: Full - active - current and unrestricted licensure as a Graduate Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurse in a State - Territory or Commonwealth (i.e. - Puerto Rico) of the United States - or District of ColumbiaGrade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements stated above - the following qualification criteria must be met for each gradeThe candidate's qualifications must clearly demonstrate the level of competence required for the gradeGS-3 None beyond the basic requirementsGS-4 Six months of qualifying experience as an LPN or LVNor Graduation from an approved school and one year of experience that involved nursing care work in a hospital - outpatient clinic - nursing home - or other supervised medical - nursing - or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and proceduresor Graduation from an approved school of at least 24 months durationGS-5 Completion of at least 1 year of qualifying experience at the GS-4 level or equivalentDemonstrated knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problemsWorks with the RN and/or MD/DO to appropriately orient/train less experienced LPNs/LVNs and/or Nursing Assistants (NAs)/Health Technicians (HTs) in relation to acceptable standards of practice in promoting optimal patient care deliveryProvides effective education to patients and/or family members in relation to common disease processes - medication - and /or prescribed treatment regimesDemonstrated ability to serve as a responsible member of the nursing team and interact in an appropriate manner with patients - family members - professional and other supportive personnel involved in the delivery of patient care - incorporating acceptable - established customer service standards into practiceKnowledge and skill sufficient to prepare - administer - and appropriately document actions taken specific to commonly prescribed oral - topical - subcutaneous - intramuscular - and/or intravenous medications as permitted by approved local facility policies and proceduresObservation and documentation will include patient's response to medication administered and the reporting of any noted change in patient's condition to RN or MD/DOKnowledge and ability to recognize the need for and to institute emergency measures when indicated - promptly seek the assistance of the RN or MD/DO - and assist in resuscitation procedures in cardiac and/or pulmonary arrestRecognizes and appropriately responds to breakage/malfunction or loss of equipment - safety hazards - and supply deficiencies - promptly reporting to appropriate personnel for corrective actionCompleted work is under the general supervision of an RN or MD/DOIndividuals at this grade level are expected to have a broad working knowledge of practical nursing proceduresHowever - completion of more complex practices or procedures may be subject to closer higher-level reviewGS-6 Completion of at least one (1) year of additional qualifying experience at the
for prose. We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. Remove duplicated lines. The posting includes some repeated lines? Not obvious. We need to format: maybe sections: About the role (mission summary), Qualifications, Responsibilities (duties). Use
for each.
Inside Qualifications, we have a lot of text; we can keep as prose paragraphs, maybe break into paragraphs for readability but not required. Could also use for list of requirements? The qualifications are not a simple list; they are paragraphs with details. We'll keep as .
For Duties, we have a long paragraph with many sentences; we could split into
- each duty? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The duties are enumerated in a paragraph but could be considered a list. Safer to convert each duty sentence into
- . But we must preserve all substantive information; splitting into list items is okay as long as we don't lose info. We'll produce a
with each duty as - . Ensure we don't miss any.
Let's extract duties sentences from the text after "Duties". The duties paragraph starts: "The Community Living Center Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides essential basic medical and nursing care to long term care residents". Then many sentences separated by periods. We'll split by period and treat each as a duty.
Let's copy the duties text:
"The Community Living Center Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides essential basic medical and nursing care to long term care residentsThe LPN is responsible for tasks like administering medications - monitoring health - and assisting with daily activitiesLPN's work under the supervision of Registered Nurses (RNs) and play a vital role in maintaining resident's well beingFunctions of practice: Provides care of patients/residents and their environment contributing to optimizing patient/resident outcomes as a member of the multi-disciplinary healthcare teamThe LPN practices within the scope and licensure of a LPN in the nursing unit - clinic - area of assignment and demonstrates consistent practice when temporarily assigned to related nursing units and clinicsProvides care and services to multiple populations served and admitted to the nursing unit/clinic - area of assignment as determined by the patient/resident need for nursing care and services - Provides reporting - communication - and documentation in the computerized patient record system with other members of the multi-disciplinary healthcare teamMaintains licensure - BCLS - and currency in required education and training as identified by regulating agencies - the CMCVAMC - VISN and National AgencyDemonstrates the knowledge and skills required for LPN licensure in the performance of assigned duties consistentlyDemonstrates competency and consistency in the technical use of equipment - application of technical standards and performance of administrative support dutiesDemonstrates knowledge of and compliance with standard operating procedures for the maintenance of reusable medical equipmentParticipates in Medical Center activities and demonstrates skills and behaviors that provide and promote positive internal and external customer relationshipsAttends unit level and Medical Center meetings and develops as an employee to support committee participationMaintains patient/resident safety standards assuring patient /resident privacy - patient/resident physical safety - and patient/resident psychological safetyEstablishes working relationships with multi-disciplinary and multi-level members of the work team promoting the physical - psychological - and emotional safety of the working environment for all team membersAdministers medications within the scope of their license consistent with MCM I I-03 Administration of MedicationsProvides assistance and support to the Registered Nurse and/or provider within the scope of the LPN license and consistent with Medical Center policyParticipates in established patient education programs and seeks certification in programs as appropriateDemonstrates the knowledge and skills to provide care and services consistent with Infection Control Standards of Practice providing optimal outcomes for patients - residents - visitors - and employeesRecognizes - responds - and initiates appropriate level response to medical emergency such as cardiac and/or respiratory failureEnsure residents receive prescribed medications and treatments at the correct times and dosages according to physician's ordersCheck vital signs - monitoring for changes in physical and mental health - and reporting concerns to RN or appropriate healthcare teamAssisting or providing residents with personal hygiene - mobility - and other activities of daily living - providing comfort and supportWork with other healthcare professionals to develop and implement care plans for residentsProvide basic education to residents and their families about their health conditions and care plans - medication instructions - and other health related informationProvide basic wound care through cleaning and dressing wounds - and monitoring for signs of infectionMaintain accurate records of care - observations - and interventionsAssist with procedures like catheterization - administering injections - and oth"
Note there is a truncated at end "and oth". Probably cut off. We'll keep as is.
We need to split into sentences. However many sentences lack spaces after periods due to formatting. We'll need to insert spaces manually? We can just keep as one paragraph? But instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. If we don't split, it's not a list. Could keep as
for duties. That might be acceptable because it's not a list. The instruction says "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". If we treat duties as prose, we can use
. That is safer to avoid missing content due to splitting errors.
Thus we will have sections: About the role (mission summary), Qualifications, Responsibilities (duties). Use
for each.
Now extract mission summary: "OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families - caregivers - and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?" That's the summary.
We'll put that in
under About the role.
Qualifications: The big block after "Qualifications". We'll keep as
maybe multiple paragraphs for readability but not required. We'll keep as single
preserving all text.
We need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-3 to GS-6." That's part of qualifications; we should keep it.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families - caregivers - and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?
Qualifications
[all qualifications text]
Responsibilities
[all duties text]
Make sure no extra whitespace at start/end.
Now extract qualifications text exactly as in the posting after "Qualifications". Let's copy:
"To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 09/22/2026.
Basic Requirements United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA PolicyEnglish Language ProficiencyIn accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d) - no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken EnglishEducation - Graduate of a school of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate State agency and/or accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) at the time the program was completed by the applicantExceptions include: Health care education in the military service or training in the military service which is accepted by the licensing body in the jurisdiction in which the individual is licensed as qualifying for full LPN/LVN licensure will be accepted as meeting the education requirements for VHA employmentOR Current GS-0620 LPN/LVN employee of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) who was converted to an appointment under 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) in implementation of Public Law 98-160 - enacted November 21 - 1983 - or who was converted to an appointment under 38 U.S.C. 7405 in implementation of Public Law 99-576 - enacted October 28 - 1986OR Individual granted a license by a jurisdiction that does not require graduation from an approved schoolLicensure: Full - active - current and unrestricted licensure as a Graduate Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurse in a State - Territory or Commonwealth (i.e. - Puerto Rico) of the United States - or District of ColumbiaGrade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements stated above - the following qualification criteria must be met for each gradeThe candidate's qualifications must clearly demonstrate the level of competence required for the gradeGS-3 None beyond the basic requirementsGS-4 Six months of qualifying experience as an LPN or LVNor Graduation from an approved school and one year of experience that involved nursing care work in a hospital - outpatient clinic - nursing home - or other supervised medical - nursing - or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and proceduresor Graduation from an approved school of at least 24 months durationGS-5 Completion of at least 1 year of qualifying experience at the GS-4 level or equivalentDemonstrated knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problemsWorks with the RN and/or MD/DO to appropriately orient/train less experienced LPNs/LVNs and/or Nursing Assistants (NAs)/Health Technicians (HTs) in relation to acceptable standards of practice in promoting optimal patient care deliveryProvides effective education to patients and/or family members in relation to common disease processes - medication - and /or prescribed treatment regimesDemonstrated ability to serve as a responsible member of the nursing team and interact in an appropriate manner with patients - family members - professional and other supportive personnel involved in the delivery of patient care - incorporating acceptable - established customer service standards into practiceKnowledge and skill sufficient to prepare - administer - and appropriately document actions taken specific to commonly prescribed oral - topical - subcutaneous - intramuscular - and/or intravenous medications as permitted by approved local facility policies and proceduresObservation and documentation will include patient's response to medication administered and the reporting of any noted change in patient's condition to RN or MD/DOKnowledge and ability to recognize the need for and to institute emergency measures when indicated - promptly seek the assistance of the RN or MD/DO - and assist in resuscitation procedures in cardiac and/or pulmonary arrestRecognizes and appropriately responds to breakage/malfunction or loss of equipment - safety hazards - and supply deficiencies - promptly reporting to appropriate personnel for corrective actionCompleted work is under the general supervision of an RN or MD/DOIndividuals at this grade level are expected to have a broad working knowledge of practical nursing proceduresHowever - completion of more complex practices or procedures may be subject to closer higher-level reviewGS-6 Completion of at least one (1) year of additional qualifying experience at the
. For Duties, we have a long paragraph with many sentences; we could split into
- each duty? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The duties are enumerated in a paragraph but could be considered a list. Safer to convert each duty sentence into
- . But we must preserve all substantive information; splitting into list items is okay as long as we don't lose info. We'll produce a
- with each duty as
- . Ensure we don't miss any.
Let's extract duties sentences from the text after "Duties". The duties paragraph starts: "The Community Living Center Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides essential basic medical and nursing care to long term care residents". Then many sentences separated by periods. We'll split by period and treat each as a duty.
Let's copy the duties text:
"The Community Living Center Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides essential basic medical and nursing care to long term care residentsThe LPN is responsible for tasks like administering medications - monitoring health - and assisting with daily activitiesLPN's work under the supervision of Registered Nurses (RNs) and play a vital role in maintaining resident's well beingFunctions of practice: Provides care of patients/residents and their environment contributing to optimizing patient/resident outcomes as a member of the multi-disciplinary healthcare teamThe LPN practices within the scope and licensure of a LPN in the nursing unit - clinic - area of assignment and demonstrates consistent practice when temporarily assigned to related nursing units and clinicsProvides care and services to multiple populations served and admitted to the nursing unit/clinic - area of assignment as determined by the patient/resident need for nursing care and services - Provides reporting - communication - and documentation in the computerized patient record system with other members of the multi-disciplinary healthcare teamMaintains licensure - BCLS - and currency in required education and training as identified by regulating agencies - the CMCVAMC - VISN and National AgencyDemonstrates the knowledge and skills required for LPN licensure in the performance of assigned duties consistentlyDemonstrates competency and consistency in the technical use of equipment - application of technical standards and performance of administrative support dutiesDemonstrates knowledge of and compliance with standard operating procedures for the maintenance of reusable medical equipmentParticipates in Medical Center activities and demonstrates skills and behaviors that provide and promote positive internal and external customer relationshipsAttends unit level and Medical Center meetings and develops as an employee to support committee participationMaintains patient/resident safety standards assuring patient /resident privacy - patient/resident physical safety - and patient/resident psychological safetyEstablishes working relationships with multi-disciplinary and multi-level members of the work team promoting the physical - psychological - and emotional safety of the working environment for all team membersAdministers medications within the scope of their license consistent with MCM I I-03 Administration of MedicationsProvides assistance and support to the Registered Nurse and/or provider within the scope of the LPN license and consistent with Medical Center policyParticipates in established patient education programs and seeks certification in programs as appropriateDemonstrates the knowledge and skills to provide care and services consistent with Infection Control Standards of Practice providing optimal outcomes for patients - residents - visitors - and employeesRecognizes - responds - and initiates appropriate level response to medical emergency such as cardiac and/or respiratory failureEnsure residents receive prescribed medications and treatments at the correct times and dosages according to physician's ordersCheck vital signs - monitoring for changes in physical and mental health - and reporting concerns to RN or appropriate healthcare teamAssisting or providing residents with personal hygiene - mobility - and other activities of daily living - providing comfort and supportWork with other healthcare professionals to develop and implement care plans for residentsProvide basic education to residents and their families about their health conditions and care plans - medication instructions - and other health related informationProvide basic wound care through cleaning and dressing wounds - and monitoring for signs of infectionMaintain accurate records of care - observations - and interventionsAssist with procedures like catheterization - administering injections - and oth"
Note there is a truncated at end "and oth". Probably cut off. We'll keep as is.
We need to split into sentences. However many sentences lack spaces after periods due to formatting. We'll need to insert spaces manually? We can just keep as one paragraph? But instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. If we don't split, it's not a list. Could keep as
for duties. That might be acceptable because it's not a list. The instruction says "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". If we treat duties as prose, we can use
. That is safer to avoid missing content due to splitting errors. Thus we will have sections: About the role (mission summary), Qualifications, Responsibilities (duties). Use
for each. Now extract mission summary: "OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families - caregivers - and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?" That's the summary. We'll put that in
under About the role. Qualifications: The big block after "Qualifications". We'll keep as
maybe multiple paragraphs for readability but not required. We'll keep as single
preserving all text. We need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-3 to GS-6." That's part of qualifications; we should keep it. Now produce HTML:
About the role
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families - caregivers - and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?
Qualifications
[all qualifications text]
Responsibilities
[all duties text]
Make sure no extra whitespace at start/end. Now extract qualifications text exactly as in the posting after "Qualifications". Let's copy: "To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 09/22/2026. Basic Requirements United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA PolicyEnglish Language ProficiencyIn accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d) - no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken EnglishEducation - Graduate of a school of practical or vocational nursing approved by the appropriate State agency and/or accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) at the time the program was completed by the applicantExceptions include: Health care education in the military service or training in the military service which is accepted by the licensing body in the jurisdiction in which the individual is licensed as qualifying for full LPN/LVN licensure will be accepted as meeting the education requirements for VHA employmentOR Current GS-0620 LPN/LVN employee of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) who was converted to an appointment under 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) in implementation of Public Law 98-160 - enacted November 21 - 1983 - or who was converted to an appointment under 38 U.S.C. 7405 in implementation of Public Law 99-576 - enacted October 28 - 1986OR Individual granted a license by a jurisdiction that does not require graduation from an approved schoolLicensure: Full - active - current and unrestricted licensure as a Graduate Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurse in a State - Territory or Commonwealth (i.e. - Puerto Rico) of the United States - or District of ColumbiaGrade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements stated above - the following qualification criteria must be met for each gradeThe candidate's qualifications must clearly demonstrate the level of competence required for the gradeGS-3 None beyond the basic requirementsGS-4 Six months of qualifying experience as an LPN or LVNor Graduation from an approved school and one year of experience that involved nursing care work in a hospital - outpatient clinic - nursing home - or other supervised medical - nursing - or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and proceduresor Graduation from an approved school of at least 24 months durationGS-5 Completion of at least 1 year of qualifying experience at the GS-4 level or equivalentDemonstrated knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problemsWorks with the RN and/or MD/DO to appropriately orient/train less experienced LPNs/LVNs and/or Nursing Assistants (NAs)/Health Technicians (HTs) in relation to acceptable standards of practice in promoting optimal patient care deliveryProvides effective education to patients and/or family members in relation to common disease processes - medication - and /or prescribed treatment regimesDemonstrated ability to serve as a responsible member of the nursing team and interact in an appropriate manner with patients - family members - professional and other supportive personnel involved in the delivery of patient care - incorporating acceptable - established customer service standards into practiceKnowledge and skill sufficient to prepare - administer - and appropriately document actions taken specific to commonly prescribed oral - topical - subcutaneous - intramuscular - and/or intravenous medications as permitted by approved local facility policies and proceduresObservation and documentation will include patient's response to medication administered and the reporting of any noted change in patient's condition to RN or MD/DOKnowledge and ability to recognize the need for and to institute emergency measures when indicated - promptly seek the assistance of the RN or MD/DO - and assist in resuscitation procedures in cardiac and/or pulmonary arrestRecognizes and appropriately responds to breakage/malfunction or loss of equipment - safety hazards - and supply deficiencies - promptly reporting to appropriate personnel for corrective actionCompleted work is under the general supervision of an RN or MD/DOIndividuals at this grade level are expected to have a broad working knowledge of practical nursing proceduresHowever - completion of more complex practices or procedures may be subject to closer higher-level reviewGS-6 Completion of at least one (1) year of additional qualifying experience at the
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". If we treat duties as prose, we can use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. If we don't split, it's not a list. Could keep as
- . Ensure we don't miss any.
Let's extract duties sentences from the text after "Duties". The duties paragraph starts: "The Community Living Center Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides essential basic medical and nursing care to long term care residents". Then many sentences separated by periods. We'll split by period and treat each as a duty.
Let's copy the duties text:
"The Community Living Center Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides essential basic medical and nursing care to long term care residentsThe LPN is responsible for tasks like administering medications - monitoring health - and assisting with daily activitiesLPN's work under the supervision of Registered Nurses (RNs) and play a vital role in maintaining resident's well beingFunctions of practice: Provides care of patients/residents and their environment contributing to optimizing patient/resident outcomes as a member of the multi-disciplinary healthcare teamThe LPN practices within the scope and licensure of a LPN in the nursing unit - clinic - area of assignment and demonstrates consistent practice when temporarily assigned to related nursing units and clinicsProvides care and services to multiple populations served and admitted to the nursing unit/clinic - area of assignment as determined by the patient/resident need for nursing care and services - Provides reporting - communication - and documentation in the computerized patient record system with other members of the multi-disciplinary healthcare teamMaintains licensure - BCLS - and currency in required education and training as identified by regulating agencies - the CMCVAMC - VISN and National AgencyDemonstrates the knowledge and skills required for LPN licensure in the performance of assigned duties consistentlyDemonstrates competency and consistency in the technical use of equipment - application of technical standards and performance of administrative support dutiesDemonstrates knowledge of and compliance with standard operating procedures for the maintenance of reusable medical equipmentParticipates in Medical Center activities and demonstrates skills and behaviors that provide and promote positive internal and external customer relationshipsAttends unit level and Medical Center meetings and develops as an employee to support committee participationMaintains patient/resident safety standards assuring patient /resident privacy - patient/resident physical safety - and patient/resident psychological safetyEstablishes working relationships with multi-disciplinary and multi-level members of the work team promoting the physical - psychological - and emotional safety of the working environment for all team membersAdministers medications within the scope of their license consistent with MCM I I-03 Administration of MedicationsProvides assistance and support to the Registered Nurse and/or provider within the scope of the LPN license and consistent with Medical Center policyParticipates in established patient education programs and seeks certification in programs as appropriateDemonstrates the knowledge and skills to provide care and services consistent with Infection Control Standards of Practice providing optimal outcomes for patients - residents - visitors - and employeesRecognizes - responds - and initiates appropriate level response to medical emergency such as cardiac and/or respiratory failureEnsure residents receive prescribed medications and treatments at the correct times and dosages according to physician's ordersCheck vital signs - monitoring for changes in physical and mental health - and reporting concerns to RN or appropriate healthcare teamAssisting or providing residents with personal hygiene - mobility - and other activities of daily living - providing comfort and supportWork with other healthcare professionals to develop and implement care plans for residentsProvide basic education to residents and their families about their health conditions and care plans - medication instructions - and other health related informationProvide basic wound care through cleaning and dressing wounds - and monitoring for signs of infectionMaintain accurate records of care - observations - and interventionsAssist with procedures like catheterization - administering injections - and oth"
Note there is a truncated at end "and oth". Probably cut off. We'll keep as is.
We need to split into sentences. However many sentences lack spaces after periods due to formatting. We'll need to insert spaces manually? We can just keep as one paragraph? But instruction: Use