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WorkSource Oregon Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)- Long Term Care Center in Prairie City, Oregon

LPN specializing in an areas of geriatric care; attending to all physican and emotional ailments associated with aging, such as Alzheimer\'s disease and dementia, basic to advanced transfers, personal and emotional care, activities of daily living, medication administration or injections, wound care, confort care, breathing treatments, monitor patients\' conditions and assess their vital signs, noting any physical or mental decline and reporting back to the doctor. Required: * Licensed Practical Nurse in Oregon. * Basic Life Support (BLS) certified by American Heart Association (AHA). Duties: * Revise plan of care as indicated by the patient response to treatment and overall plan daily for effectiveness. * Perform point-of-care, interpret, and take appropriate action on test results. * Knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age of the patient and their clinical condition. Follows the seven (7) medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors. * Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning, family is included in teaching as appropriate. * Assists physicians with procedures and perform services requiring technical and manual skills. * Performs treatments and provides services to level of licensure. * Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity. Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and their families. * Functions as a liaison between administration, patients, physicians and other healthcare providers. Interacts professionally with patient/family and involves patient/family in the formation of the plan of care. * Manage patient admission processes to preoperative department. Ensure that operative consents are in order. * Take and record vital signs, initiate IVs to ensure readiness of procedure. * Ensures that patients are informed about the procedure and who the attending medical staff will be. * Ensures that operation is on correct patient and correct procedure is being performed. * Assesses and documents patient\'s condition, responds to life saving situations based upon nursing standards and protocol. * Manages coordination and record-keeping of outpatient services provided in the department. * Verifies that narcotics and controlled substances are counted and locked, per hospital policy. * Continuously supervises staff to ensure quality of nursing care. * Provides orientation for new staff members. Wage and Benefits: * Competitive pay depending on experience. * Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, AD & D, and Retirement match.

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