Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN, Evenings

About the role

Maple Lawn Senior Care is seeking Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) to join their team. The mission is to provide high-quality healthcare, housing, and support services for seniors in a personalized, respectful, and home-like setting.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with family members about the resident’s progress.
• May assist visiting physicians during rounds.
• May draw blood and collect fluids for lab tests.
• Record and monitor resident progress and communicate with physicians.
• May assist in serving meals and feeding residents.
• Manage and oversee the work of other nursing staff to ensure thorough care.
• Use telephones to communicate with physicians, arrange transportation, and contact families.
• Make rounds to ensure cleanliness and proper care.
• Coordinate care for residents.
• Aid nursing staff as needed.
• Take and record vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration rate.
• Chart information about residents, medications, resident comments, observations, and care plans.
• Administer medications orally or by injection.
• Discuss resident progress with supervising nursing staff and document the conversation.
• Stock and prepare medication carts for rounds.
• Apply eye ointment to residents as needed.
• Handle medication orders, fill out charts, and assist residents with their requests.
• Monitor and treat skin issues as necessary.
• Administer insulin injections if required.
• Insert and irrigate Foley catheters as needed.
• Bathe, dress, and assist residents with walking.
• Instruct and supervise Nursing Assistants.
• Provide information about residents to supervising Registered Nurses.
• Follow company safety rules.
• Promptly respond to resident call lights as needed.
• Maintain a safe, homelike environment for residents.
• Transport residents as needed.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Current Minnesota licensure as a Practical Nurse.
• One or more years of nursing education.
• Ability to communicate effectively and enjoy working with the elderly.
• Tolerance for prolonged standing and walking.