Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) MedSurg Job at West River Health Services, Hettinger, ND

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  • West River Health Services
  • Hettinger, ND

Job Description

Position Summary:
Care for patients under the direction of physicians and registered nurse.

Excellence in Practice:
  • Treats patients with respect and dignity.  Provides privacy for all cares.
  • Understands and follows physician orders.
  • Proper documentation:  MAR, Revise and update care plan, PIE charting, Patient and Family education and Discharge Summary.
  • Safely administers medication as ordered by physician.  Demonstrates knowledge of purpose, med dosage, calculation of dosage, expected outcome and adverse reactions.
  • Effective communication skills:  Supervision of nurse aides, appropriately informs nursing staff and physician pertinent changes in patient condition.  Accurate and precise report.  Follow chain of command.
  • Critical thinking skills:  Recognize significant change in patient condition and responds quickly and appropriately.  Including notification of personnel and families.
  • Good time management skills:  Able to prioritize and multi-task, completes assignments timely and accurately, flexible to the patient and departmental needs without interference to patient care.
  • Provide clear education to patient and family.
  • Seeks guidance and direction as necessary.
  • Equipment maintenance:  Maintains equipment and reports failures to Maintenance/Biomed and CNO if appropriate.
Essential Job Requirements:
  • Education:  Completed accredited LPN program
  • Experience:  No experience necessary.  CPR required, ACLS preferred
  • License Requirements:  Meets requirements per ND Century Code for license

Job Tags

Full time, Flexible hours,

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