Job Description

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Acute Care, General Medicine, PT, Day at Prisma Health summary:

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides essential nursing care under the supervision of Registered Nurses and Physicians in a General Medicine Unit. Responsibilities include monitoring patient status, administering medications, documenting care, and educating patients and families. The role requires a completed LPN program, state licensure, and experience in acute care settings to support medical/surgical and transitional patient care.

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Under the direction of a Registered Nurse/Physician, provides nursing care for patients. Assumes responsibility for data collection related to patient status, on-going monitoring, measuring, and documentation of patient responses; provides patient/family instruction. Performs additional patient care functions for which appropriately licensed.

Unit Description

The General Medicine Unit provides foundational nursing practice in medical/surgical patient care. Patient care opportunities include wound care, transition from step-down acuity, pre/post-surgical care, respiratory care, and end-of-life care. There is a collaborative staffing model to include RNs and LPNs in a 38-bed unit.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

24 hours per week

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's values: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

• Provides patient care based upon individualized plan of care as delegated by the Registered Nurse/Physician including patient's physical, emotional, cultural, spiritual psychosocial, and education needs.

• Monitors and documents patient status and condition which may include vital signs, drains, dressings, and lab values.

• Informs appropriate Registered Nurse/Physician of activities performed, observations of patients and their responses, and changes in patient status.

• Maintains and/or ensures accurate maintenance of patient's medical records and treats patient records as confidential.

• Collects and documents data as delegated by the Registered Nurse/Physician, which may require the use of specialized equipment such as glucometer, pulse oximetry, etc.Orients patient/family to room and unit routines

• Administers and documents administration of medications per policy

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibility

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Completion of an LPN program recognized by the SC State Board of Nursing.

• Experience - One (1) year experience as an LPN.

In Lieu Of

• In lieu of one (1) year of LPN experience, will accept successful completion of the Prisma Health Nurse Residency Program or successful completion of a comparable residency program from another organization.

• In lieu of completion of a LPN program, will accept program equivalency recognized by the SC State Board of Nursing.

• In lieu of one (1) year of LPN experience, will accept candidates enrolled in an accredited LPN to RN transition program.

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• Licensed to practice as an LPN in South Carolina.

• If an LPN team member working in this position obtains RN licensure, Prisma Health will accept RN licensure for a limited time until the team member can be placed in an RN position. Team members should immediately notify their manager and Talent Acquisition if they are scheduled to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam or have obtained RN licensure.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• NA

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Greenville Memorial Med Campus

Facility

1008 Greenville Memorial Hospital

Department

10086140 General Medicine

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Keywords:

licensed practical nurse, LPN, acute care nursing, patient monitoring, medication administration, wound care, medical-surgical nursing, patient education, healthcare, nursing documentation

Job Tags

Immediate start, Shift work,

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