Apply to LPN Needed ASAP in Oakdale!

We have an immediate need for an overnight LPN position with a nursing home from 6pm-6am. There is a pay differential that is added to the base hourly rate for all overnight shifts.

Providing personal care, including bathing and dressing patients.
Monitoring patients' conditions, including their eating habits and bathroom usage.
Monitoring patients' vital signs, including temperature, blood pressure and heart rate.
Assisting with tests and procedures. For example, LPNs may assist with phlebotomy, or taking blood samples, by setting up equipment and preparing patients and puncture sites. They may also assist with IV setups by validating solutions; assessing infusion sites; tracking IV functioning and patient comfort; and terminating IVs at required times.
Taking patients' histories and recording information into patients' health records.
Maintaining patients' health records and other documentation. This often involves entering information into computers to update electronic health records, or EHRs.
Providing clinical care, including changing patients' dressings and inserting catheters.
Admitting and billing patients. This is especially true in settings like doctors' offices, which don't always have dedicated office staff.
Assembling medical equipment, including oxygen supplies; gastronomy tubes; and catheters.
Consulting with RNs and physicians about patients and their conditions. LPNs also collaborate with RNs to develop and adjust treatment plans.

Requirements:

LPN License in State of LA
BLS Certification
2+ years' experience is ideal
EMR experience, PCC ideal

Equal Opportunity Employer