Inpatient Licensed Practical Nurse - Surgical Unit
Listed on 2025-12-31
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Nursing
Healthcare Nursing, RN Nurse
Salary Range
$26.29 - $41.01
Overview
Located in the heart of Washington, we enjoy open skies, snow-capped mountains, and the lakes and rivers of the high desert. We are the proud home of orchards, farms, and small communities. Confluence Health actively supports the communities we serve and their quality of life through our community support program and through our individual efforts as involved community members.
Pool Employees of Confluence Health receive a range of benefits in addition to compensation:
- Retirement Plan
- Pool Differential
- Sick Leave
- Shift Differential
- Employee Assistance Program
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Summary
Please Note:
This is a pool, as needed position. A clinically competent, licensed, practical nurse who delivers care as a team member to the acutely ill patient under the direction of an RN. Is knowledgeable in the nursing process of assessment, nursing diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation and evaluation. Effectively interacts with patients, significant others, and other health team members, while maintaining standards of professional nursing.
Essential Functions
- Follows the plans of care as developed by the RN and contributes data to the RN in the development of the plan of care.
- Develops and maintains effective communications with the primary nurse, physician, patient, family and others members of the health care team.
- Seeks direction in the delivery of patient care and informs designated RN of current developments and problems, utilizing proper communication system.
- Review transfer and admission information, daily progress and HCT notes.
- Assist, as necessary, in the initial nursing assessment of patient (History & Physical).
- Provide information for establishing and re-evaluating nursing goals and Nursing Care Plans.
- Medications; aware of potential side effects
- Uses Nursing Care Plans as guides (present status, new problems, education).
- Orders, per physician; requests, per therapies (include response of patient)
- ADL's
- Skin Care
- Medication
- Disease process (CVA, diabetes, UTI, etc.)
- Document (including response and/or side effects)
- Knows unit dose procedures
- Demonstrates necessary skills and knowledge to provide care for patients according to Nursing policy and procedure.
- Demonstrates necessary skills and knowledge to provide care for patients according to unit specific competencies and Standards of Care, i.e., glucometer, telemetry, scanners and pulse oximeter, etc.
- Demonstrates ability to handle and assist in emergency situations in a prompt, precise and professional manner.
- Compassionately gives personal patient care to provide comfort and well being to the patient, acknowledging physiological and psychosocial needs.
- Administers medications according to Nursing policy and procedure.
- Observes and documents patient's response to pertinent medications.
- Demonstrates ability and appropriate technical skills when administering treatments and procedures in accordance with physician's orders, and Nursing policy and procedure. (Done in a timely manner).
- Communicates effectively with peers, health team members, management and physicians.
- Maintain confidentiality of all patient-hospital or physician related information. Refrain from gossip and speak in low tones in all appropriate areas.
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