Licensed Practical Nurse

Care for post-operative patients in the hospital setting. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Louisiana PN Licensing required. This position will work 12 hour shifts.

Essential Functions

• Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, and note times and amounts on patients' charts.
• Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
• Apply compresses and ice bags.
• Assemble and use equipment such as catheters and oxygen suppliers.
• Clean rooms and make beds.
• Collect samples such as blood, urine and sputum from patients
• Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other health-care team members as necessary.
• Help patients with bathing, dressing, and personal hygiene, moving in bed, and standing and walking.
• Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pul...