LPN/RN Night Shift 7pm-7am

Qualifications

• Current RN or LPN license
• Ability to understand, remember, and carry out verbal or written instructions in English
• Ability to complete assignments in a timely manner
• Ability to be flexible and positive with intermittent interruptions

Responsibilities

• Assure resident safety
• Provide the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients in the unit
• Make nursing assignments appropriate to the skill level of employees
• Maintain acceptable standards of patient care
• Identify problems and guide personnel to their solution
• Create a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction of personnel
• Accurately and promptly implement physicians' orders
• Support and enforce infection-control policies and procedures
• Maintain a professional approach with confidentiality
• Cooperate and maintain good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors
• Obtain and document nursing history from the patient and/or significant other that is comprehensive of present condition and prior problems
• Perform basic assessment of the patient, indicating adequate knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology
• Record vital signs, note changes, and pursue more-specific investigation as needed
• Assess for and notify physician and other appropriate parties of changes in condition
• Use assessment information to develop a care plan before the end of duty time that communicates enough information for incoming personnel to adequately care for the patient
• Use care plans as a basis for providing safe and therapeutic care to patients
• Consistently follow established standards, policies, and procedures in providing nursing care
• Accept accountability for clinical care of assigned patients, including supervision of nonprofessional personnel
• Communicate with the patient and his or her family and other members of the health care team in carrying out the goals of the care plan
• Promote positive public relations with patients, residents, family members, and guests
• Use tactful, appropriate communications in sensitive and emotional situations
• Use appropriate workplace behavior and adhere to dress code at all times