LPN, Healthcare Nursing

DESCRIPTION

General Function:
All criteria evaluated reflect the quality and quantity of the nursing process of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluation for infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics.

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing
• Maintains valid RN or LPN Louisiana licensee or temporary permit
• CPR Within 30 days of 1st shift of direct patient care or prior to completion of orientation. May require NRP, PALS and/or ACLS within 1st year.

• Oral and written communication skills
• Computer skills
• Possesses personal qualities such as: kindness, empathy, understanding, respect, good judgment, integrity, loyalty, a sense of humor, and an ability to relate to people in a compassionate manner.
• Wound Care Certified – Preferred

• Able to walk three miles per shift
• Able to care for patients with infectious diseases
• Able to administer aerosol medications
• Able to assume the following positions occasionally, 0-33% of workday, sitting, kneeling, reaching overhead. Lifting, carry, pushing 100 feet, pulling 100 feet (25-50+ lbs.).
• Must be able to assume the following positions frequently 33-66% of workday standing, walking, stooping crouching, lifting 0-25 lbs.
• May come into contact with communicable disease, unpleasant odors and hazardous materials.
• Potential for increased stress level
• Potential for exposure to: combative, violent, and abusive patient behaviors.