Licensed Practical Nurse

What you'll be doing: 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 condition. Collects, analyzes and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses. Documents the patient 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. Documents patient 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.

What your background should be: Current Registered Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse license required. Current health certificate (if applicable). Current PPD or Chest X Ray. One year prior professional nursing experience preferred. Current BLS card required. Successful completion of screening tests for the clinical speciality area in which the LPN/RN practices with a score of 80 percent or greater.

Who is the client company: Concern about healthcare service.; If you are interested in this position, send your resume to apply@kochdavis.com