Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - ER

Provide, promote and maintain quality patient care during diagnostic and therapeutic imaging procedures through education, standards of practice, professional growth, and collaboration with other multidisciplinary health care providers.

Responsibilities
- Completes and documents initial adult admission history within specified time frame.

- Assesses patient as ongoing process utilizing physician and psychosocial input and documents in the chart.

- Carries out physician’s treatment plan continuously.

- Verifies, during hospitalization, orders for accuracy (including reconciliation of medications), appropriate scheduling of tests and/or procedures, pre-op data, and consent forms.

- Follows medication policy including patient identification, understanding about medications, administering meds and recognizing/reporting interactions 100% of the time.  Appropriately monitors first dose medication(s) for adverse reactions.

- Performs related duties as required.

Qualifications
- Required:
- Education: Degree in Licensed Practical Nursing required

- Experience: Each candidate’s previous clinical experience is reviewed to determine acceptable experience

- Licensure/Certification:
- A valid Permanent Multi-State LPN License from the state in which you reside is required.

- Should you hold a LPN license from another Compact state, you are required to apply for and obtain a Multi-State LPN License from the state in which you reside within 30 days.

- American Heart Association BLS CPR required, must be obtained within 7 days of hire.

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