Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN Express Care

Missouri Delta Medical Center • Sikeston, MO

96d

About The Position

The position involves administering nursing care to designated patients under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse. The role includes performing a variety of direct and indirect patient care duties utilizing the nursing process. The nurse will participate in quality improvement initiatives and promote good public relations for the nursing department and hospital. Responsibilities also include implementing, transcribing, and/or countersigning physician’s orders, competently administering medications with knowledge of their action, mode of administration, side effects, and contraindications. Additionally, the nurse will assist physicians with diagnostic tests and procedures, as well as with admitting, discharging, and transferring patients. The position requires knowledge and skill to function effectively as a team leader, providing leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary departments and other patient care team members. Competency in performing core and unit-specific clinical skills is essential, along with the ability to communicate clinical data to physicians or nurse practitioners to facilitate sound clinical decisions. The nurse will utilize nursing assessment skills to participate in planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care, and will also engage in identifying the biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, discharge planning, spiritual, and educational needs of patients, families, and/or significant others. Participation in patient and family teaching is also a key responsibility, along with calling in medications to the pharmacist at the patient-requested pharmacy and assisting in compiling and filing information in patient charts.

Requirements

• Graduate from an approved school of practical nursing.
• BLS training.
• Possess current licensure by Missouri State Board of Nursing.

Nice To Haves

• I.V. Therapy Certification preferred.
• Previous nursing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administers nursing care to designated patients under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse.
• Performs a variety of direct and indirect patient care duties utilizing nursing process.
• Participates in Quality Improvement.
• Promotes good public relations for the nursing department/hospital.
• Implements, transcribes, and/or countersigns physician’s orders.
• Competently administers medications with knowledge of action, mode of administration, side effects and contraindications.
• Assists physicians with diagnostic tests and procedures as required.
• Assists with admitting, discharging and transferring patients.
• Possesses knowledge and skill to function effectively as a team leader.
• Provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary departments and other patient care team members.
• Competently performs core and unit specific clinical skills.
• Demonstrates ability to possess clinical data and communicate to physician/nurse practitioner in order to make sound clinical decisions.
• Utilizes nursing assessment skills to participate in planning, implementing and evaluating patient care.
• Utilizes nursing process to participate in identifying biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self care, discharge planning, spiritual and educational needs of patient, family, and/or significant other.
• Participates in patient/family teaching.
• Calls in medications to pharmacist at patient requested pharmacy.
• Assists in compiling information for chart and filing information in chart.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees