LPN Med/Surg

Summary of the Job:
Care for post-operative patients in the hospital setting. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Louisiana PN Licensing required. This position will work 12 hour shifts.

Essential Functions

• Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, and note times and amounts on patients' charts.
• Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
• Apply compresses and ice bags.
• Assemble and use equipment such as catheters and oxygen suppliers.
• Clean rooms and make beds.
• Collect samples such as blood, urine and sputum from patients
• Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other health-care team members as necessary.
• Help patients with bathing, dressing, and personal hygiene, moving in bed, and standing and walking.
• Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration.
• Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
• Prepare patients for examinations, tests and treatments and explain procedures.
• Provide basic patient care and treatments, such as taking temperatures and blood pressure, dressing wounds, giving enemas, or performing catheterizations.
• Record food and fluid intake and output.
• Supervise patient care techs.
• Work as part of a health care team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience- Graduate of accredited Licensed Practical Nursing Program
• License, Certificate or Registration: Current Louisiana State Licensure

Additional Information:
BLS Required
ACLS Required
Benefits are offered with this position after a waiting period.