Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - $10,000 Hiring Incentive

Summary of Duties

• Contributes to nursing assessment by collecting, reporting, and recording objective and subjective data.
• Observes and reports changes in condition of patients and signs and symptoms of deviations from normal health status.
• Participates in the development and modification of the Nursing Care Plan by providing data.
• Documents the involvement of patient/family/significant other in the medical record.
• Contributes to the identification of appropriate nursing interventions to maintain comfort, support human functions and responses.
• Affords assistance with discharge planning.
• Performs assigned nursing procedures for the comfort and well being of patients.
• Affords assistance with ambulation, special procedures, prescribed exercises, turning, massages, backrubs, and repositioning of patients.
• Maintains vital signs, neurological and neurovascular checks, identifies and reports abnormalities.
• Applies electrodes to patients requiring cardiac monitoring and documents appropriately.
• Interprets cardiac rhythm correctly to include: sinus rhythm, bradycardia, tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular flutter, and ventricular fibrillation.
• Prepares patient for meals and assists or feeds patients as needed.
• Verifies placement of feeding tubes and administers tube feedings.
• Maintains oxygen therapy for safety and effectiveness.
• Affords assistance with nursing care procedures such as endotracheal or nasopharyngeal suctioning, intubation, extubation, and peritoneal dialysis as appropriate.
• Cares for elimination needs including enemas, irrigations, ostomy care, and urinary catheterizations.
• Collects and properly labels various types of specimens. Delivers appropriately if necessary.
• Maintains patient’s fluid balance (intake and output).
• Affords assistance with I.V. therapy on hospital policy and Alabama Board of Nursing (ABN) Scope of Practice guidelines.
• Performs venipunctures. Discontinues I.V. and Heparin lock at peripheral sites. Performs site care and I.V. tubing changes.
• Affords administration of medications in accordance with policies and legal limitations. Documents according to policy and procedure.
• Observes patients for reactions to drugs and reports as needed.
• Applies various treatments, dressings, or corrective devices as ordered.
• Affords assurance that all restraint orders are properly written and renewed prior to expiration. Assists other staff with identifying alternatives to restraint use and assists with reducing/eliminating restraint use.
• Monitors and records blood glucose accurately via glucometer.
• Transcribes physicians’ orders onto MAR Kardex. Implements order following review and verification by Registered Nurse.
• Documents nursing interventions and responses to care (patient progress, medications, treatments, signs and symptoms, vital signs, serial blood sugars, ventilator parameters, and other pertinent observations).
• Explains nursing interventions and provides appropriate education (medication, procedures, diagnosis related, equipment, safety, etc.) to patient and/or responsible person, according to their predetermined level of comprehension, and documents on appropriate records.
• Performs phlebotomy and collects laboratory specimens according to established standards.
• Affords assessment of the patient for pain using a 1-10 pain rating scale or other rating method and intervenes promptly and appropriately for any identified pain.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be currently licensed as an LPN by the State of Alabama.
• Minimum of one year experience, hospital experience strongly preferred.

Pay

$10,000 Hiring Incentive for 3p-11p ONLY, Day and Night Incentive is $5,000