LPN Swing
Where You’ll Work
CHI Lisbon Health is a 25 bed Critical Access Hospital with a 24 hour Emergency Level V Trauma Center. CHI Lisbon Health is part of a larger family of quality healthcare facilities, CommonSpirit Health. We believe in treating you close to home, just like family. Let us take care of all of your needs, like we have been doing for over 60 years….Because We Care.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), you will provide compassionate nursing care to our residents, under the direction of a physician or Registered Nurse. Every day, you will assess resident needs and deliver essential physical or psychosocial care. To be successful in this role, you will exhibit genuine compassion for patient well-being, an understanding of your critical role in ensuring their comfort, and the patience to explain procedures, answer questions, and maintain accurate documentation.
- Performs patient care responsibilities considering the needs specific to the standard of care for patient’s age.
- Sets up scrubs and prepares for procedures prior to scheduled time, as directed by the RN circulating nurse.
- Always maintain an orderly and sterile instrument table for the purpose of efficiency; follows Operating Room standard set up.
- Ability, under direct supervision of an R.N., to perform a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and reassessments as per policy. This includes pediatric, geriatric and the general patient population.
- Knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age of the patient and patient’s clinical condition.
- Anticipates the needs of surgeon during intra-operative phase.
Job Requirements
Required
- Graduate of a state approved school of nursing
- Licensed Practical Nurse by the State of North Dakota
- Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association