Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Puxico Primary Care

Functions of Position: * Administers nursing care to designated patients under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse. Performs a variety of direct and indirect patient care duties utilizing nursing process. * Participates in Quality Improvement. * Promotes good public relations for the nursing department/hospital. * Implements, transcribes, and/or countersigns physician’s orders. * Competently administers medications with knowledge of action, mode of administration, side effects and contraindications. * Assists physicians with diagnostic tests and procedures as required. * Assists with admitting, discharging and transferring patients. * Possesses knowledge and skill to function effectively as a team leader. * Provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary departments and other patient care team members. * Competently performs core and unit specific clinical skills. * Demonstrates ability to possess clinical data and communicate to physician /nurse practitioner in order to make sound clinical decisions. * Utilizes nursing assessment skills to participate in planning, implementing and evaluating patient care. * Utilizes nursing process to participate in identifying biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self care, discharge planning, spiritual and educational needs of patient, family, and/or significant other. * Participates in patient/family teaching. * Calls in medications to pharmacist at patient requested pharmacy. * Assists in compiling information for chart and filing information in chart. Qualifications: * Graduate from an approved school of practical nursing. * BLS training. * Possess current licensure by Missouri State Board of Nursing. * I.V. Therapy Certification preferred. * Previous nursing experience preferred.