LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
Sparta, WI
Currently looking for experienced LPNs to fill immediate openings. Interested candidates must hold a current LPN license in the WI state and have reliable transportation.
Responsibilities of the LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
- Educate patients and their families by assisting in preoperative, postoperative, and relevant health teaching.
- Administer medications by preparing medications; administering specified medication orally or by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection; recording dosage and time in patient record; maintaining logs.
- Provide ancillary medical care by dressing wounds; giving enemas, douches, alcohol rubs, and massages; applying compresses, ice bags, and hot water bottles.
- Maintain patient stability by taking and recording vital signs.
- Maintain patient nutrition by examining food trays for prescribed diet; feeding patients; recording food and fluid intake and output.
- Help patients with daily living by bathing, dressing, and assisting patients in walking and turning.
- Keep nursing supervisors informed by observing patients and reporting adverse reactions to medication or treatment.
- Maintain equipment and supplies by keeping catheters, tracheostomy tubes, and oxygen supplies available.
Requirements of the LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
- Must be reliable
- Up to date TB certification
- License must be current in the state of WI
- Reliable transportation.