Job Description

• Treats patients with respect and dignity.  Provides privacy for all cares.
• Understands and follows physician orders.
• Proper documentation:  MAR, Revise and update care plan, PIE charting, Patient and Family education and Discharge Summary.
• Safely administers medication as ordered by physician.  Demonstrates knowledge of purpose, med dosage, calculation of dosage, expected outcome and adverse reactions.
• Effective communication skills:  Supervision of nurse aides, appropriately informs nursing staff and physician pertinent changes in patient condition.  Accurate and precise report.  Follow chain of command.
• Critical thinking skills:  Recognize significant change in patient condition and responds quickly and appropriately.  Including notification of personnel and families.
• Good time management skills:  Able to prioritize and multi-task, completes assignments timely and accurately, flexible to the patient and departmental needs without interference to patient care.
• Provide clear education to patient and family.
• Seeks guidance and direction as necessary.
• Equipment maintenance:  Maintains equipment and reports failures to Maintenance/Biomed and CNO if appropriate.

• Education:  Completed accredited LPN program
• Experience:  No experience necessary.  CPR required, ACLS preferred
• License Requirements:  Meets requirements per ND Century Code for license

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