LPN Weekend Doubles - Broken Arrow, United States - Senior Suites

Description

Senior Suites - Provide routine care, observe residents' health, assist doctors, and communicate instructions to residentss regarding medication, home-based care, and preventative lifestyle changes.

Job Responsibilities:

• Help implement and evaluate care plans for individual care of each resident.
• Maintains appropriate nursing service objectives, goals, and standards of nursing practices.
• Receive, transcribe, and implement physician's orders in a timely manner.
• Reports required condition changes, events to appropriate parties.
• Administers medication/treatments as prescribed.
• Monitors infection control compliance.
• Investigates/documents accidents/incidents.
• Record a resident's medical history accurately
• Take and record measurements of blood pressure, temperature, heart rate etc.
• Observe residents under treatment to identify progress, side-effects of medications etc.
• Monitor residents' condition including fluid intake and output and compose residents' charts
• Assist ailing residents in daily necessary activities such as eating, bathing etc.
• Administer injections, prescribed medications, enemas etc., clean and dress wounds and assist with other basic medical care tasks
• Collect samples for lab testing as assigned
• Provide emotional and psychological support when needed
• Communicate with residents' family or friends to provide advice, comfort and release instructions

Job requirements:

• Proven experience as LPN or similar role
• Ability to undertake a variety of diverse care tasks and work in a multidisciplinary team
• Familiarity with hospital health, safety and sanitation standards and procedures
• Understanding of confidentiality obligations and nursing best practices
• Excellent knowledge of medical and hospital terminology
• Good knowledge of MS Office and data entry
• Perfect physical condition and stamina
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Compassionate and able to handle stress
• Successful completion of LPN license program is a must