Licensed Practical Nurse

3 weeks ago


Oklahoma City, United States OU Health Full time
Position Title:
Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN

Department:
Medicine Specialty Unit

Job Description:

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Location: OU Medical Center 6E

Shift: FT Days or FT Nights

In our Medicine Specialty Unit, you have the opportunity to gain a higher level of nursing in the same unit with the same team and same leadership by working with both Step Down and Medical beds. The Medicine Specialty Unit is a part of the largest service line within the hospital system. This unit is looking for motivated, compassionate, and disciplined nurses who crave a stimulating, learning experience, and work well with a team. The Medicine Specialty unit works with complex and varied patients with multifaceted disease processes.

General Description: The License Practice Nurse (LPN) performs assigned direct and indirect nursing care activities in a hospital using critical thinking in clinical problem-solving and decision-making processes relative to scope of practice, knowledge, competency, and experience. The LPN practices under the direct supervision of a registered nurse (RN), advance practice registered nurse (APRN), dentist, or physician in accordance with the Oklahoma Board of Nursing.

Essential Responsibilities:

Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities with or without an accommodation may result in disqualification from the position.
  • Participates in focused assessment/reassessments of patient(s) by observing, collecting, recording and reporting objective and subjective data in an accurate and timely manner. Reports the condition and/or change in condition of the patient(s) as well as signs and symptoms that deviate from normal health status.

    • Assists in implementing the nursing plan of care within the concepts of the LPN curriculum with consideration for safety in practice; according to established prioritization of needs; documenting and communicating nursing interventions and responses of patient(s) to care.

    • Assists in evaluating patient(s) responses; document and communicate evaluation data to appropriate health care team members; contributes to the modification of the nursing plan of care on the based on ongoing evaluation of the patient(s).

    • Collaborates with team members by sharing relevant information; demonstrating initiative, and supporting team decisions and the work life of the department.

    • Provides care consistent with the American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements as well as the assigned clinical area's Standards of Care and Professional Performance.

    • Assists in the supervision of unlicensed assistive personnel.

    • Support academic mission of OU Health.

    • Performs other related duties as assigned within scope of practice after demonstrating required competencies or completing requisite training.

General Responsibilities:
  • Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• LPN Degree from an Accredited Institution.

• Current Oklahoma Board of Nursing LPN License or a current multi-state compact LPN License (eNLC).

• Specific care environment certifications must be obtained within six months of hire.

Experience:

• New Grads are welcomed.

• One or more years of experience preferred.

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required: Current LPN License issued by the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing, or a current multistate compact LPN License (eNLC). Current Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association required upon hire.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of professional nursing practice, techniques, and procedures.
  • Demonstrates professional performance in ability to organize, coordinate, plan and evaluate nursing needs of assigned patients.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.

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