LPN- Med Surg FT Days Limited Benefits Position Available In Orleans, Louisiana

LPN- Med Surg FT Days Limited Benefits
Your job is more than a job.
Why a Great Place to

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Your calling as an LPN Nurse demonstrates your humanity and confirms your unwavering passion, heart of gold, and of course, your hands-on nursing style. You’re on the front line of care (cardiac, medical, surgical, and post critical care) and that means you get to know your patients as more than just a diagnosis or a room number. You’re a healthcare warrior and you gather every ounce of kindness, knowledge, and understanding at the patient’s bedside. Whether it’s a call light, a hand hold, a medical need, a family request and yes, even a proverbial ‘extra blanket” request, you bring your heart and soul to everything you do. You love using your range of nursing skills and a “never-a-dull-moment” nursing environment. And that’s what we love about you. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your “little something extra” all add up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this hands-on, diverse nursing role. Your Everyday Perform priority technical skills/procedures required by the area/department/assignment safely, effectively, efficiently and legally. Contribute to the development of a plan of care for assigned patients. Establish and/or revise priority for patient care activities based on acuity of needs, resource availability, patient preference and other departmental needs. Manage and identify medical needs responding to data indicating potential risk to individual’s health, initiates action to correct, reduce or prevent the risk. Make decisions based on scientific principles, successful experience, intuition and/or standards of practice and delegate safely and appropriately to all care team members. Collaborate with care team members identifying actions to improve patient care and seeking supervision, consultation and assistance when unable to perform effectively or independently. Use all resources to resolve and prevent problems that cannot be managed independently. Maintain documentation consistent with established guidelines. Maintain and advocate a safe environment for everyone. Monitor and engage with your patients, families, and appropriate care team members concerning significant events, patient condition changes, or patient questions and concerns. Ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, consistent communications, and an exceptional experience for every patient. Initiate and/or maintain interventions to assure safe and effective care including medication management. Educate patients and family using appropriate resources and continuum of care services.

The Must-Haves Minimum:

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) –Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners Current American Heart Association BLS certification.

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