Licensed Practice Nurse (LPN)

Duties:
The practice of nursing as a Licensed Practical Nurse is defined as performing tasks responsibilities within the Product of supportive ; restorative care; medication administration andspecialized tasks under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse of licensed or otherwiselegally authorized physician or dentist.


Education:
Education Requirements A.Completion of educational program for licensure as a LPN.B.Successful completion of required New York State Department ofHealth LPN IV Therapy Initial Program for the demonstration ofcompetence in the performance of intravenous therapy/bloodadministration procedures as part of Centralized Orientation.C. Successful completion of annual unit-based review ; update program inprocedures associated with intravenous therapy.--Licensing and Certification Requirements (if applicable) Name: LPN - Issuing Agency: New York State Department of HealthName: Basic Life Saver (BLS)- Issuing Agency: AHA


Skills:
1. Delivers nursing care in structured ; routine situations free of scientific complexity. 2. Assistance with activities of daily living. 3. Administration of treatments and routine tasks such as suctioning and urinary catheterizations. 4. Preparation of patient for surgery, diagnostic tests, treatments, examinations. 5. Administration of medications within Product of practice. Collects, labels and processes specimens accurately.6. Identification and set up of intravenous equipment and delivery of solutions for infusion through peripheral access devices .7. Administer blood or blood products, with special training. 8. Reports pertinent observations, treatments, medications, incidents ; accidents associated with patients, to the Registered Professional Nurse ; records same on appropriate documents with the format of charting utilized in the unit. 9. Recognizes the unit based model for delivery of nursing care ; assumes responsibility for assignments delegated by the Registered Professional Nurse such as: Contributes to nursing care plan in collaboration with other members of nursing staff. 10. Reinforces the patient/family teaching process identified by the RN. 11. Provides emotional support to patients ; their families/significant others. 12. Assists with the rehabilitation of patients according to the nursing care plan. 13. Provides for the physical comfort ; safety of the patient.14. Contributes to patient care conferences.15. Assists in Emergency Resuscitative Procedures by initiating a Team 7000 call, performing resuscitative procedures such as BCLS ; carrying out other activities as directed by the team. Documents nursing care delivered on appropriate forms within the medical record.


Minimum Degree Required: Associate's Degree (Community College, MBO)


City: New York


Skills:
Required

• SUPPORTIVE CARE
• RESTORATIVE CARE
• MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
• SUCTIONING
• URINARY CATHETERIZATION

Additional

• PATIENT REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE
• PATIENT PHYSICAL COMFORT
• PATIENT SAFETY
• PATIENT CARE CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTION
• EMERGENCY RESUSCITATIVE PROCEDURES
• BCLS
• NURSING CARE DOCUMENTATION
• PATIENT PREPARATION FOR SURGERY
• PATIENT PREPARATION FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
• PATIENT PREPARATION FOR TREATMENTS
• PATIENT PREPARATION FOR EXAMINATIONS
• SPECIMEN COLLECTION
• SPECIMEN LABELING
• SPECIMEN PROCESSING
• INTRAVENOUS EQUIPMENT SETUP
• INFUSION DELIVERY THROUGH PERIPHERAL ACCESS DEVICES
• BLOOD ADMINISTRATION
• OBSERVATION REPORTING
• TREATMENT REPORTING
• MEDICATION REPORTING
• INCIDENT REPORTING
• ACCIDENT REPORTING
• NURSING CARE PLAN CONTRIBUTION
• PATIENT/FAMILY TEACHING REINFORCEMENT
• EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

Languages: Minimum Degree Required: ssociate's Degree (Community College, MBO)
Cloud Department: Dept / Floor: MEDICINE INFECTIOUS DISEASES Shift Hours: 8:30AM - 5PM Contract Type: Travel Union Position?: No Compliance Analyst: Initial Start Date: On-Call Required?: No Min. Pay Rate: Max. Pay Rate: Requested Time Off: Worker All Inclusive Bill Rate: Floating Requirements:


Schedule:
Start Date: 08/03/2026
End Date: 10/03/2026
Schedule Notes: 8:30am - 5pm M-F *Medication administration, phlebotomy, patient intake, able to work in interdisciplinary team and fast-paced environment.
Hours Per Week: 40.00
Hours Per Day: 8.00
Days Per Week: 5.00