Licensed Practical Nurse

The LPN is responsible for providing patient care services, determining medical conditions, and preparing patients for examination and treatment under the direction of the Provider.

• Prepare patients for examination, records vitals and history, and provides treatment as applicable
• Assist in determining medical problems, initiates and maintains intravenous lines, administers fluids and medications as directed through provider orders
• Collaborate with providers and other medical staff when examining or treating patients, giving injections, removing sutures, and applying splints and dressings
• Authorize medication refills as per providers direction and provide prescription information to pharmacies
• Prepare and administer injections, change dressings, and facilitate wound management under providers orders
• Collect blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens through routine in-house testing procedures, and analyze and prepare for testing, log results, and perform lab call-backs
• Prepares exam/treatment rooms; select, setup, sterilize, and maintain medical supplies and equipment for procedures
• Document basic patient care and procedures, utilizing appropriate forms and electronic medical records
• Schedule patients for tests and follow-up appointments
• Instructs patients and family regarding treatment and medication instructions
• Collaborate, take direction, and initiate actions that will allow the assumption of cross-functional team actions to ensure seamless patient care
• Perform other duties as assigned

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