LPN

Education and Training

Graduate from an accredited school of practical nursing.

Licensure

Current Licensed Practical Nurse license in the State of Missouri or Graduate Practical Nurse eligible for examination with valid permit.

Certification

Class C Basic Life Support (CPR) within 90 days of employment and renewed biannually.

Experience

One year of general, acute Medical/Surgical Nursing or Skilled Nursing preferred.

Abilities

• Providing the basic bedside care like dressing wounds, changing bandages, inserting catheters, and giving injections.
• Taking the patient's vital signs such as respiration, temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate.
• Enter the data related to the record of patients in computer systems.
• Interview patients and examine their medical history.
• Inform the patients about the doctor’s order or test results via mail or call.
• Assist registered nurses and other superior nurses to develop best care plan for the patients.
• Help the patients to understand documentation or paperwork.
• Talk to the patients about their present problems, allergies, medications and keep an eye on their medical records.
• Accomplish scheduled immunizations, visual acuity testing, nebulizer treatments, and regulate TB tests.
• Talk to the patients and their families about their treatment plan, tests, and diagnoses.
• Starting, monitoring, or discontinuing the intravenous catheters or the intravenous fluids.
• Taking verbal orders from the MD (Doctor of Medicine).
• Aid in phlebotomy - analyze patients, look over the requisition form for requested tests, and set equipment, patient and puncture site.
• Assists in IV set‑ups: validate solution to be regulated, analyzing infusion site, keep track of IV function and patient comfort, and terminate IV at an appropriate time, as ordered by MD.
• Undertake various office responsibilities: answer calls and reply to messages and execute triage within the scope of licensed practical nursing practice in an accurate and precise way.
• Help to coordinate patient referrals and take part in the training and orientation of new employees.
• Call pharmacies for ordering prescriptions and store supplies in the rooms of patients.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to Nurse Manager, Supervisor, Registered Nurse, and Clinical Manager.

Job Summary

LPNs perform basic nursing functions like changing bandages and wound dressings. They comfort patients and make sure basic needs such as food and fluid intake are in order. Licensed practical nurses may also administer medications in some settings depending on institutional and state standard.

Requirements

Must adhere to NRMC appearance and attire policy.