Licensed Practical Nurse (Lpn)

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SUMMARY

Provides prescribed medical treatment and personal care services to ill, injured, convalescent, and disabled persons in such settings as private homes, or schools.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides assigned nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse and/or physician

• Provides care for assigned home health patients including, but not limited to;

• Nursing assessment: initial head to toe, vital signs and ongoing monitoring of patients.

• Activities of daily living: bathing, toileting, diapering, lifting, transferring

• Nutritional support: feedings by mouth, gastrostomy tube, naso-gastric tube

• Maintenance of aspiration precautions

• Respiratory treatments: administration of aerosolized nebulizer treatment

• Chest physiotherapy, oral/nasal/tracheal suctioning, pulse oximetry, oxygen therapy, ventilator management, cleaning and maintenance of respiratory supplies

• Safety measures: maintenance of universal, fall and seizure precautions

• Growth and development enhancement: provide client with verbal, visual and tactile stimulation, range of motion exercises, splint or physical therapies

• Administration of medication

• Documentation of all activities and assessment finding

• Assure that progress reports are made to the office personnel and/or physician for patients under medical care when there are changes in the patient's condition or there are deviations from the Plan of Care.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization

Qualifications

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• One year certificate from college or technical school; and one or more years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Valid Florida LPN License

Valid Florida Driver's License