EXPERIENCED LPN - OP NEUROLOGY

St. Bernards Healthcare; Jonesboro (AR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Bernards Healthcare in Jonesboro, AR seeks a Home Health LPN to perform selected nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse.

Graduation from a School of Practical Nursing and completion of LPNII are required, with two years of nursing experience including at least one year in a hospital medical-surgical setting. The role emphasizes caring for geriatric patients, assessing data relative to age-specific needs, and adapting care plans accordingly.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a School of Practical Nursing.
• Two years nursing experience; one year in a hospital setting (medical-surgical).
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills to provide care to geriatric patients and communicate with them.

Responsibilities

• Performs selected nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse.
• Dressing changes; urinary catheter insertions; venipunctures for lab specimens; IM or SQ injections.
• IV antibiotic therapy; de-access central lines; IV hydration; central line maintenance/flushing & site care.
• PEG and NG tube care.

Skills

Geriatric care

Assessment

Communication

Patient care

Education

LPN with LPNII completion

Job description

• Graduate of a School of Practical Nursing. Completion of LPNII course.
• Experience
• Two (2) years nursing experience. One (1) year experience must be a hospital setting in a medical-surgical environment. Knowledge and Abilities: Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to and communicate with primarily the geriatric population, and to a lesser degree the pediatric and adult populations. Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span. Able to assess data reflecting the patients’ status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age-specific needs.
• Physical
• This is a safety sensitive position. Please see the St. Bernards Substance Abuse Policy for further information.
• Involves being inside and outside. Exposure to temperatures 32 degrees and less and 100 degrees or more, fumes, dust, and noise. Hearing within normal range. Frequent sitting, stooping, standing, walking, bending, pushing/pulling up to 250 pounds, carrying up to 35 pounds, and lifting up to 100 pounds.
• JOB SUMMARY
• Performs selected nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse.
• According to state law and the standards of this agency, the Home Health LPN is limited in the following area. LPNs can make visits requiring routine skilled care, such as:
• Dressing changes
• Urinary catheter insertions
• Venipunctures for laboratory specimens
• Injections by IM or SQ, as permitted by policy
• Other routine nursing tasks
• IV antibiotic therapy
• De-access central lines
• IV hydration
• Central line maintenance/flushing & site care
• PEG
• NG tubes
• LPNs may not:
• Unilateral changes in the Plan of Care- call M.D.; write orders; change care plan
• Resume visit
• High risk IV therapy (Dobumine, TPN, Chemotherapy)
• Access Porta cath
• Patient Care Technician supervisory visits (every 100 hours)
• Other duties identified by supervisory staff