LPN - 3 Tower

Job description

LPN
3 Tower
PRN (as needed)
Job Summary:
Provides direct and indirect patient care services that meet the psychosocial, physical and general aspects of care; meets the communication needs of patients and family; provides care that reflects initiative and responsibility indicative of professional expectations, under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. Maintains regulatory requirements, nursing and hospital policies, procedures and standards. Communicates with physicians and team members about changes in a patient's clinical condition or response to treatment. Additionally, they must be able to perform general nursing duties in all nursing departments with adequate orientation and supervision.
Education:
Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
Licensure:
Mississippi Board of Nursing or Compact State Licensure as Licensed Practical Nurse
Experience:
Preferred but not required
Special Skills:
IV Certification required in Specialty Areas
Language/Communication/Organizational Skills:
Ability to speak effectively and in a professional manner to staff, management and outside individuals.
Mathematical Skills:
Must be able to apply basic and advanced mathematical skills in an effort to calculate medications, IV drip rates and medication dosages.
Reasoning Ability:
Must have the ability to apply non-judgmental reasoning capabilities whenever necessary when dealing with patients, staff, visitors, and other employees.
Physical Demands:
Able to sit, stand; talk, hear alarms; use hands and fingers to feel and touch; push; pull; crouch or crawl; stoop; kneel; reach with hands and arms, taste and smell. May be required to exert up to 50-lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20-lbs frequently, and/or up to 10-lbs constantly. This job has vision requirements, close, distance and color. Must be able to identify and distinguish colors, have peripheral vision and the ability to judge depth perception.