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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)- Ambulatory, Neurosurgery, FT, Day

Prisma Health
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, US
Full-time

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Provides care for patients in specialty clinic or physician practice settings utilizing basic nursing practice knowledge and skills.

All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Palmetto Health's values of compassion, dignity, excellence, integrity and teamwork.

Essential Functions

  • All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's values : Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
  • Collects patient data and completes required forms with appropriate responses according to unit standards; identifies patient's overt problems / needs and set priorities.
  • Follows patient care plan developed by RN.
  • Care provided conforms to accepted practice standards; provides correct treatments / procedures and other care as prescribed and according to patient care standards;
  • demonstrates understanding of age-related characteristics and needs of patients served; explains nursing procedures in appropriate forms;

provides discharge teaching; identifies emergency situations and takes appropriate action; understands and demonstrates respect for patient rights and identifies mechanisms for management of ethical issues in patient care.

  • Records patient care delivered as planned and any variation.
  • Using nursing process, delegates nursing care to appropriate personnel; integrates cost effective measures into nursing practice;
  • recognizes unit problems and takes responsibility for documenting same; demonstrates active participation in QI processes;
  • complies with hospital expectations to meet staffing demands based on patient care needs; complies with policies addressing safe working conditions;

monitors unsafe working conditions and recognizes inappropriate patient care management and refers to immediate supervisor.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory / Management Responsibility

This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director, or executive.

Minimum Requirements

  • Education - Completion of an LPN program recognized by the SC State Board of Nursing.
  • Experience - No experience is required.

In Lieu Of

In lieu of completion of a LPN program, will accept program equivalency recognized by the SC State Board of Nursing.

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

  • Licensed to practice as an LPN in South Carolina.
  • If an LPN team member working in this position obtains RN licensure, Prisma Health will accept RN licensure for a limited time until the team member can be placed in an RN position.

Team members should immediately notify their manager and Talent Acquisition if they are scheduled to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam or have obtained RN licensure.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

3 Medical Park Rd Richland

Facility

3489 Neurosurgical 3 Med Park 310

Department

34891000 Neurosurgical 3 Med Park 310-Practice Operations

Share your talent with us! Our vision is simple : to transform healthcare for the benefits of the communities we serve. The transformation of healthcare requires talented individuals in every role here at Prisma Health.

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