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NURSE, LICENSED PRACTICAL
Duties and Responsibilities
Evaluate and monitor resident health problems and care-related issues
Assesses health status by collecting, reporting, and recording objective data
Instructs residents/families regarding healthcare related issues
Ensures direct care staff service delivery
Notifies families/physician regarding change in resident status
Completes program assessments such as fall, Aims, neurological, skin, etc.
Responds to resident requests/needs
Documents resident behaviors/conditions
Reports to oncoming shift concerns related to resident status, unfinished business & other pertinent data related to unit activities
Updates individualized plans of care & evaluates for effectiveness
Performs duties in compliance with established standards of nursing practice
2. Documentation
Documents resident assessments & interventions accurately & completely
Documents information r/t:
Focused charting
Alert charting
Incident reports
Monthly summaries
3. Medication/Treatment Administration
Provides & documents resident treatments
Dispenses & documents medication administration
Consults with medical provider & pharmacist regarding medication side-effects, dosages, etc.
Interpersonal relations
Works with members of interdisciplinary team to plan problem-specific interventions
Supervises direct care staff
5. Perform other duties as assigned
Performs other duties as deemed necessary
Physical Requirements
Frequent standing, stooping, kneeling, squatting, bending, twisting/turning from waist.
Pushing/pulling objects on rollers/wheels.
Frequent walking, reaching above shoulder level, moving objects horizontally (left to right) and vertically (up and down) up to 25 lbs., occasionally to 50 lbs., rarely to 75 lbs.
Frequent handling (holding, grasping, working with hands), fine finger manipulation (pinching, picking, working with fingers).
Senses needed to perform essential functions of the position:
Ability to hear and talk in quiet/noisy surroundings and talk/hear over the phone.
Vision for near/far acuity, depth perception, color vision.
Ability to feel size, shape, temperature, texture.
Ability to determine hot/burning equipment.
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