LPN-Inpatient

* JOB SUMMARY

* Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, provides total patient care in accordance with physician's orders and individual patient needs in conformance with the recognized standards of nursing practice.

* DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

* Overall performance of below indicated essential job duties:

* Assesses patient and/or conducts screenings and documents utilizing standard scales when indicated as required per organization.

* Prioritizes and documents patient problems based on assessed needs/problems in collaboration with patient, family, and health care team.

* Documents changes in patient condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care/intervention.

* Utilizes organization-wide safe medication practices including, but not limited to the 5 rights of medication administration, barcode scanning and other medication safety processes specific to the unit/department.

* Knows actions and usual dosage, indications and side effects of medications administered.

* Provides teaching and educational material to the patient and/or significant other as needed according to the care, treatment services and identified risks specific to the patient and documents patient and/or family understanding.

* EDUCATION/LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER REQUIREMENTS

* Minimum requirement:

* Graduate from a Practical Nursing Program.

* Maintains active LPN license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky or other multistate LPN license.

* Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).

* Achieves UKKD IV Certification within 14 days of start in LPN position.

* Preferred qualifications:

* NA

* WORKING ENVIRONMENT

* Constantly works near moving mechanical parts

* Constantly exposed to blood and/or body fluids and infection.

* Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals

* Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation

* The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

* PHYSICAL DEMANDS

* Occasionally required to maintain in a stationary position (standing or sitting).

* Frequently required to walk and move about.

* Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment.

* Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices.

* Constantly required to lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds.

* Frequently required to lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds.

* Occasionally required to lift and/or move items up to 100 pounds.

* Constantly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing.

* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

* Occasionally required to position self in order to meet patient needs.