LPN-2N-Lutheran
US-IA-Des Moines
careers
Req #: 164949
Type: Full Time Benefits
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Overview: LPN - 2 North: Surgical/Orthopedic - Lutheran Full-Time and Part-Time, every 3rd weekend and holiday rotation Shift: Days, Evenings, Nights Benefits Eligible Shift Differential for qualifying shifts $5,000 sign-on bonus! 2 North is a 30-bed medical-surgical unit that provides acute care services to inpatients and observation patients. The unit specializes in Orthopedics, Gynecology, Urology, and Abdominal Surgery. 2N also can care for patients requiring remote telemetry. Our patient population includes pediatric, adolescent, adult, and aging adult. Responsibilities: * Possesses the knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide care for people with physical disability and chronic illness * Participates in patient/family educational activities and uses appropriate resources to implement an individualized teaching and discharge plan with patients and their families * Performs hands-on nursing care by utilizing the nursing process to achieve quality outcomes for patients * Provides direction and supervision of unlicensed assistive personnel (i.e. Patient Care Technician), demonstrates clinical judgment appropriate for Iowa's LPN scope of practice * Coordinates nursing care activities in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team to facilitate achievement of overall goals * Contributes to the assessment of the physical, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual dimensions of patients and their families, as well as their educational and discharge needs * Implements the interdisciplinary plan of care within the scope of LPN/LVN practice and provides nursing care and education directly or through ancillary personnel, as needed, to maintain and restore function and prevent complications and further loss * Contributes to the evaluation of the nursing care and to the modification of the plan as needed to achieve measurable goals and objectives Qualifications: Education: * Successful completion of a licensed practical nurse program from an accredited college. License(s)/Certification(s): * Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in Iowa. * Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or obtain certification within three (3) months from date of hire. Experience: * Preferred experience or clinical time in Post-Acute Care or an Acute Care environment. Other: * Level 3 Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
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