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

Summary of Duties

Responsible for contributing to the nursing assessment, patient admissions, participating in the development and modification of the plan of care, participating in the implementation of the plan of care, and contributing to the evaluation of the responses of patients to nursing interventions.

Under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse, administers nursing care to patients regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, and handicap.

Essential Job Functions

• 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, assisting with special procedures, and prescribed exercises.

• Maintains vital signs, neurological and neurovascular checks, identifies and reports abnormalities, performs 12 lead EKG, applies electrodes, interprets cardiac rhythm, and monitors oxygen therapy.

• Prepares patients for meals, assists or feeds patients as needed, verifies placement of feeding tubes, administers tube feedings, and monitors fluid balance.

• 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, and monitors patient’s skin integrity.

• Applies various treatments, dressings, or corrective devices as ordered, assures all restraint orders are properly written and renewed prior to expiration, 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, explains nursing interventions and provides appropriate education, performs phlebotomy and collects laboratory specimens, assesses the patient for pain, and performs other duties as assigned.

Education

Must be currently licensed as an LPN by the State of Alabama.

Experience

Minimum of one year experience, hospital experience strongly preferred.