LPN

Summary: * Sign on bonus may be available for qualified candidates * * Competitive Wages * * Benefit package for eligible employees * Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse; the LPN assists with nursing care for patients of all ages.
Participates in patient/resident and family teaching and works in cooperation with ancillary nursing staff to maintain the standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.
Responsibilities: QUALIFICATIONS: 1.
Currently licensed by the Board of Licensing and Regulation in the State of Michigan, and provide documentation of same.
2.
CPR, Accucheck proficiency and ability to maintain annual competency in medication administration.
EDUCATION: 1.
Graduate of an accredited school of practical nursing.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 1.
Able to transfer up to 125 pounds, with assistance, while lifting, positioning, and transferring patients.
2.
Able to push and pull patients/residents weighing up to 350 lbs.
in wheelchairs or carts.
Able to stand and walk up to 90% of an assigned shift.
Able to bend, stoop and squat as required to reach lower drawers in medication carts, to adjust patient/resident lines etc.
, able to reach over head to obtain supplies and adjust IV's.
3.
Has necessary hand/eye coordination and hand steadiness to administer injections and perform patient/resident assessments.
4.
Able to wear gloves and other protective equipment.
5.
Clear speech, reading and hearing skills are required continuously to communicate with patients/residents and co-workers.
6.
Has far-sighted visual acuity with correction to 20/40 Snellen chart to identify patients/residents, call lights, etc.
Near sighted visual acuity needed to read written material, thermometers, assess patients/residents, monitor equipment, etc.
7.
Able to remember multiple messages, information and task assignment for up to an assigned shift.
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