LPN'S NEEDED in BISMARCK!
Bismarck, North Dakota
Category: Nursing
Travel
Job ID: 870002
Work Setting: Healthcare
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Est. Pay: $1162 / Week
Posted Date: 11/13/2024
Bismarck, North Dakota
Work Setting: Healthcare
Category: Nursing
Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
Travel
Est. Pay: $1162 / Week
Job ID: 870002
Posted Date: 11/13/2024
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The Long Term Care LPN assumes responsibility and accountability for the delivery of care for patients in a Long Term Care/Assisted Living Facility. The nurse demonstrates ability to make clinical judgments in an effective and efficient manner with supervision, as well as critical thinking and performance ability in the coordination of patient care. Additionally, this individual performs according to nursing standards and is accountable in managing patient care and assisting others in the management of patient care.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in a Long Term Care/Assisted Living Facility
- Performs focused interview to identify specific needs
- Assess signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychological changes in the patient’s condition
- Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses
- Documents the patient’s plan of care using identified nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and selected nursing interventions
- Identifies and prioritizes actions based upon patient care requirements
- Monitors consistency between patient plan of care and actions of medical staff
- Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and the facility policies and patient outcome standard
- Provides a safe, comfortable and therapeutic patient environment
- Initiates and evaluates patient and/or family education
- Revises the plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care, and effective/ineffective nursing interventions
- Document’s patient’s response to nursing and other interventions
- Uses clinical judgment in evaluation activities to meet patient care needs of an assigned floor/unit including establishing priorities
- Monitors safety and effectiveness of the environment and equipment
- Participates in activities to facilitate good interpersonal communications with the chosen facility
- Supports professional practice by observing the following: Uses knowledge and practices in accordance with 1) the Nurse Practice Act; 2) Standards of Nursing Practice; 3) Standards of Patient Care; 4) Joint Commission, state and local laws; 5) Patient’s Bill of Rights; and 6) Amergis Healthcare, nursing and client hospital policies
- Performs other duties as assigned/necessary
Minimum Requirements:
- Current Licensed Practical Nurse License for the state in which the nurse practices
- Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals via strong spoken, written, listening, and nonverbal communication skills
- Current Health Certificate (if applicable)
- Current PPD or Chest X-Ray
- One year prior professional nursing experience preferred
- Current BLS card
- Successful completion of screening tests for the clinical specialty area(s) in which the LPN practices with a score of 80% or greater
- Successful completion of Background Screening Process
- Competitive pay & weekly paychecks
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- Awards and recognition programs
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