Licensed Practical Nurse Morristown Medical Center

Atlantic Health/Morristown Medical Center is seeking a full time LPN to work  caring for primarily cardiac patients in a fast-paced same day procedure, extended recovery and observation status unit.

Responsible for planning and managing patient care according to each individual's needs. Interviews patients and records medical history and physical conditions like blood pressure or temperature while obtaining vital signs. Provides basic medical and nursing care, ensures the comfort of patients by helping them bathe or dress, discusses health care with patients, and reports status of patients to registered nurses and doctors.

• Records patient's vital signs such as respiration, temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate, and enters the data related to the record of patients in computer systems.
• Interviews patients and examines their medical history.
• Assists registered nurses and other superior nurses to develop best care plan for the patients and alks to the patients and their families about their treatment plan, tests, and diagnoses.
• Starts, Monitors or discontinues the intravenous catheters or the intravenous fluids
• Aids in phlebotomy - analyzes patients, looks over the requisition form for requested tests, and sets equipment, patient and puncture sites.
• Performs other related duties as assigned