License Practical Nurse

• Compensation: USD 24.39 - USD 39.03 - hourly

La Rabida Children’s Hospital provides specialized, family-centered health care to children with medically complex conditions, disabilities, and chronic illness. Through expertise, compassion, and advocacy we help children and their families reach their fullest potential, regardless of their ability to pay.

Our not-for-profit hospital, licensed for 49 beds, helps transition children from neonatal or pediatric intensive care to home, by providing medical, rehabilitative and developmental care, and by training families to continue treatments and manage the necessary equipment in the home. La Rabida also provides extensive rehabilitation for those recovering from wounds or burns and treatment for exacerbations of chronic conditions.

The hospital’s enhanced pediatric patient-centered medical home provides primary care to children with complex medical conditions and their siblings. Children with medical homes elsewhere come to La Rabida for specialty services. La Rabida offers a wide range of specialty services provided to children with sickle cell disease, diabetes, and many others. Children are supported in their emotional and developmental growth, particularly in cases where such growth has been interrupted by accident or disease.

Finally, La Rabida provides forensic and treatment services for children exposed to abuse and neglect, comprehensive assessments for wards of the state, early intervention for children between 0 and 3 years of age. Care coordination services for medically complex children are also provided for those who are covered by a health plan and receive care from providers in Cook County

SUMMARY
:
The Licensed Practical Nurse-L.P. N (or Practical Nurse) is licensed under the State of Illinois. The license is renewed every two years on the odd year, with the employee being accountable for completing by January. The licensed Practical Nurse means the performance of nursing interventions requiring the knowledge, judgment, and skill acquired by means of completion of an approved practical nursing education program.

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) delivers direct and indirect care to acute and chronically ill patients from infancy to adolescence as well as some young adults. Incorporating a holistic approach, the L.P.N. functions under the direction of a professional Registered Nurse.

The LPN performs under the Nurse Practice Act allowing assistance in the Nursing process under the guidance of a Registered Nurse. Competence is measured during orientation and ongoing. Registered Nurse oversight is provided by the Charge Nurse, Assistant Clinical Manager (ACM) or Administrative Nurse Coordinator (ANC), Educator and/or assigned Registered Nurse (such as in orientation or mentoring)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
:

1.
Provides appropriate safe direct care to patients by: 50%

• Observing patients by observing signs and symptoms exhibited by the patient.
• Implementing care to meet identified needs of patients and families based on the chronological and developmental age of the patient and plan of care.
• Utilizing knowledge of growth and development in delivery of patient care.
• Teaching patients and families according to plan devised by Professional Nurse and Nurse Leader.
• Administering medications to patients under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.
• Maintain fluids that were started by an RN
• Admission of a patient and assisting with the nursing process under supervision from an RN.
• Fostering the health and well-being of children and families in the health care setting
• Maintaining a clean, safe environment for the pediatric patient.

LPNs are not allowed to:

• Start a PIV
• Change a central line, PICC, or port-a-cath dressing or cap (they can assist an RN though - which is covered in orientation)
• Administer fluids, medications, or flushes to a PIV, central line, PICC, or port-a-cath
• De-access a port-a-cath
• Change the tubing or fluids for a PIV, central line, PICC, or port-a-cath

2. Communicates the condition of the patient to appropriate members of the health care team by
: 30%

• Reporting information to Nurse, Charge Nurse, ACM, ANC or appropriate…