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The practice of nursing as a Licensed Practical Nurse is defined as performing tasks and responsibilities within the scope of supportive and restorative care, medication administration, and specialized tasks under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse or an authorized physician or dentist.
- Delivers nursing care in structured routine situations free of scientific complexity.
- Assists with activities of daily living.
- Administers treatments and routine tasks such as suctioning and urinary catheterizations.
- Prepares patient for surgery, diagnostic tests, treatments, examinations.
- Administers medications within scope of practice. Collects, labels and processes specimens accurately.
- Identifies and sets up intravenous equipment and delivery of solutions for infusion through peripheral access devices.
- Administers blood or blood products, with special training.
- Reports pertinent observations, treatments, medications, incidents, accidents associated with patients to the Registered Professional Nurse;
records same on appropriate documents with the format of charting utilized in the unit.
- Recognizes the unit based model for delivery of nursing care; assumes responsibility for assignments delegated by the Registered Professional Nurse such as contributing to nursing care plan in collaboration with other members of nursing staff.
- Reinforces the patient / family teaching process identified by the RN.
- Provides emotional support to patients, their families / significant others.
- Assists with the rehabilitation of patients according to the nursing care plan.
- Provides for the physical comfort and safety of the
- Contributes to patient care conferences.
- Assists in Emergency Resuscitative Procedures by initiating a Team call, performing resuscitative procedures such as BCLS, carrying out other activities as directed by the team.
Documents nursing care delivered on appropriate forms within the medical record.
Education Requirement :
Completion of educational program for licensure as a LPN.
Licensing and Certification Requirements
LPN - Issuing Agency
Basic Life Saver (BLS) - Issuing Agency : AHA
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities :
Proficiency in phlebotomy and IV insertion
year Emergency Department experience required