LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

Job Description

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) Spring Valley, WI

Currently looking for experienced LPNs to fill immediate openings. Interested

candidates must hold a current LPN license in the WI state and have reliable transportation.

Responsibilities of the LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

● Educate patients and their families by assisting in preoperative, postoperative, and relevant

health teaching.

● Administer medications by preparing medications; administering specified medication orally or by

subcutaneous or intramuscular injection; recording dosage and time in patient record; maintaining

logs.

● Provide ancillary medical care by dressing wounds; giving enemas, douches, alcohol rubs, and

massages; applying compresses, ice bags, and hot water bottles.

● Maintain patient stability by taking and recording vital signs.

● Maintain patient nutrition by examining food trays for prescribed diet; feeding patients; recording

food and fluid intake and output.

● Help patients with daily living by bathing, dressing, and assisting patients in walking and turning.

● Keep nursing supervisors informed by observing patients and reporting adverse reactions to

medication or treatment.

● Maintain equipment and supplies by keeping catheters, tracheostomy tubes, and oxygen supplies

available.

Requirements of the LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

● Must be reliable

● Up to date TB certification

● License must be current in the state of WI

● Reliable transportation.

Compensation for the LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

Full-time