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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Aspen MedicalUnited StatescontractVerifiedPosted 6 Nov 2024
About the role
Introduction: Aspen Medical has an exciting opportunity for LPNs/LVNs to partner with us in providing temporary contracted medical services to Military Treatment Facilities throughout the United States. Today’s posting will place you at the primary location of Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, CO. This opportunity allows employees to work with the federal government, offering competitive compensation and a strong work-life balance.
Hospital: Women’s Health Buckley Space Force Base
Location: United States, Aurora, CA
Minimum Qualifications:
Hospital: Women’s Health Buckley Space Force Base
Location: United States, Aurora, CA
Minimum Qualifications:
- Degree: Certificate. Graduation from a State Board of Nursing approved LPN/LVN training program
- Education: Graduate from an accredited community college, junior college, college, university or vocational nursing program approved by the appropriate State agency and accredited by the Commission on Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA) or another acceptable accreditation body outlined in the TO.
- Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support: None
- Experience: One year of practical or vocational nurse experience after graduation
- Licensure: Current, full, active and unrestricted license as a practical or vocational nurse
- Initiate, perform and complete assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations
- Complete assigned patient care based on the patients’ conditions, use judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments, and accurately recognize, report and record relevant patient information
- Observe, identify and respond to the patient’s needs for care, including medication, equipment-assisted care and patient/family education
- Prepare and administer prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous) and perform treatments according to established policies/procedures
- Recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance of the RN and/or MD/DO, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed
- Perform support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures, which include preparing the patient, assisting in the diagnostic examination, preparing and handling specialized instruments or other specialized equipment, and monitoring the patient’s condition before, during, and following the procedure
- Orient peers and ancillary personnel to unit policies and procedures, skills, and standards of practice
- Integrate healthy work environment principles that result in improved patient healthcare delivery, education of patients and their families and employee satisfaction
- Serves as a practical nurse performing patient care and nursing administrative duties for outpatients in accordance with established policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines
- Performs a variety of diagnostic procedures; sets up procedure room and equipment; provides individualized patient teaching on a preventative healthcare and health maintenance
- Prepares and administers prescribed medications by oral, sublingual, intramuscular, intradermal, subcutaneous, topical, dermal and inhalation routes
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