Practical Nurse Job Description
Practical nurse
provides clinical education to patients on ongoing basis, including but not limited to the following areas: understanding the disease process, understanding the protocol-specified treatment, understanding potential side effects, providing education regarding side effects management, providing education regarding laboratory abnormalities, interpreting and providing education related to scan results.
Practical Nurse Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective practical nurse job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included practical nurse job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them
Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration
Collect samples such as blood, urine and sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples
Prepare patients for examinations, tests or treatments and explain procedures
Assemble and use equipment such as catheters and oxygen supplies
Prepare and give injections, Start IV’s
Work directly under supervision of Medical Director, Site Administrator and Registered Nurse to provide uncompromising service to patients and community
Performs various laboratory testing, controls and additional duties as needed
Contributes to the unit activities including, but not limited to, responding to call lights and telephones, passing meal trays and transporting residents
Discusses any resident or family concerns with RN in charge, so that issues can be appropriately addressed
Practical Nurse Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Practical Nurse
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, I.V, BLS, CHT, BONENT, IV, BCLS
Education for Practical Nurse
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the practical nurse job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Collage and University Degree in Education, Nursing, Department of Education, Health Care, General Education, Oncology, Patient Care, Medical, Graduate, Sciences
Skills for Practical Nurse
Desired skills for practical nurse include:
Current clinical practice for terminally ill patients
Specific state laws and regulations governing practice
Competencies related to the nursing profession by participating in educational programs
Continued education units
Internal learning management skills and skill evaluations
Laboratory tests and appropriate computer ordering codes
Individual service plans
Side effects
Usual dosages
Subcutaneous
Desired experience for practical nurse includes:
Experience in rehabilitative or geriatric nursing preferred
Graduation from an accredited school of Nursing or certified LPN program
2-3 years of experience working as an LPN in a medical environment
Valid registration as an LPN in the State of New York
Previous experience with drug screens preferred
LPN degree required
Practical Nurse Examples
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Practical Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of practical nurse. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for practical nurse
- Assist in providing care and implementing delegated activities of the nursing plan or as directed by the nurse leader on duty
- Provides and ensures nursing care to the residents on the nursing unit within the framework of the medical and nursing care plan, the policies of the Department and, under the supervision of a professional nurse
- Monitors the residents closely to identify response to treatments, medication and/or changes in health status
- Prepares and dispenses medication to the residents according to the medical plan of care and consistent with the policies of the Department
- Directly assists with the residents activities of daily living, including direct care, observation of status and changes and supervision of non-professional staff
- Documents daily in the residents progress notes all pertinent data, information and observations, and assists with weekly, monthly and annual documentation descriptive of resident status and care
- Communicates immediately all changes and/or incidents to his/her immediate supervisor and completes required documentation
- Maintains policies and procedures relevant to medications including management of controlled substances
- Communicates to supervisor, nursing staff and other departments and disciplines all pertinent information and changes impacting resident care
- Listens and responds appropriately to concerns or issues expressed by residents and families
Qualifications for practical nurse
- Must have at least 3 - 5 years of clinical nursing experience in adult medicine and at least 2 years of recent experience in the outpatient/ambulatory setting
- Excellent written and oral communication skills - ability to prepare reports and conduct presentations/meetings a plus
- Ability to calmly facilitate situations involving conflict, stress and/or emergent health needs a must
- Strong phlebotomy skills highly preferred
- Knowledge of an electronic health record system preferred
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of licensed practical nursing to provide care appropriate to adult and geriatric populations, including client care treatments, wound prevention, falls prevention, and implementation of infection prevention and control practices
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of practical nurse. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for practical nurse
- Receive delegated orders from the Director of Nursing and see that these orders are carried out by staff
- Keep intake and output records
- Inventory and request equipment, supplies
- Assist in updates of written policies and procedures of routine nursing care
- Update daily census report and submit as required
- Admit, transfer and discharge patients
- Recognize and respond to changes in patients
- The LPN will function under the supervision of the RN and/or House Manager
- Scheduling and follow-up of medical appointments
- Provides assistance with enteral feeds, colostomy care, wound care
Qualifications for practical nurse
- Ability to perform Venipuncture, EKG, and do admission intake calls
- Must be licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the state of Tenneesee
- Must possess a minimum of two years nursing experience
- Must provide on call coverage as appropriate
- Must possess a good driving record with no more than 2 traffic violations within the past 24 months
- Must possess a valid Ohio Driver’s License
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Practical Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of practical nurse. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for practical nurse
- Surgery Scheduling
- Willingly cross-trains to other departments
- Interpersonal skills necessary to interact with patients, family members, visitors, and members of the health care team
- Physical ability to lift, move and transfer patients
- Physical ability for extensive walking, standing, lifting and pushing
- Referral and preparation of patients for evaluation by clinic providers
- Obtain brief summary of patient’s illness or complaint and record it in the medical record
- Provide first aid, such as washing minor cuts, applying Band-Aids and ace wraps, or providing ice packs as requested
- Take temperature, height and weight, blood pressure, heart rate, and/or respiratory rate for patients prior to them being seen by the clinicians
- Perform vision and hearing screens, a complete set of vital signs, and any ordered point-of-care testing to prepare patients for a complete physical examination visit
Qualifications for practical nurse
- Accurate and detailed documentation
- Able to work with a variety of staff in the workforce to meet the goals of the organization
- Experience in pediatric or oncology nursing preferred but not required
- 37 1/2 hour work week with rotating weekends
- 120 bed facility
- Skin checks, basic wound care, TB testing, urine waive testing, some injections
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a practical nurse. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for practical nurse
- Perform and/or coordinate a variety of physician-directed patient care, medical record keeping and procedural activities
- Communicate on an ongoing basis with physicians and co-workers to meet client needs
- Provides direct and individualized nursing care to an assigned group of patients under the direction of physician, registered nurse and/or management
- Develops and maintains a good working relationship and cooperative attitude with intradepartmental personnel, , other departments within the community
- Communicates effectively with residents and families about care concerns
- At this time, we are seeking a LPN to join our team!
- Performs direct and indirect patient care under the supervision of the Registered Nurse and collaborates with RN on the plan of care
- Direct patient care can include assisting with ADLs, medication administration, phlebotomy
- Indirect care may include order transcription, documentation, and reinforcement of patient and family education
- Medication administration to include IV Medication if certified
Qualifications for practical nurse
- Ability to pass IDPH background check
- Corrections healthcare experience preferred
- One year of experience in an acute care and/or forensic setting preferred
- Current LPN licensure to practice nursing in Michigan
- Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, and to work with minimal supervision
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a practical nurse. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for practical nurse
- Demonstrating nursing practice with remote supervision
- Administering medication accurately and promptly under the general supervision of a registered nurse or physician
- Using video-conferencing technologies, Telehealth technology and scheduling software to coordinate and connect staff, resources, patients and providers in the manner effective to delivery of services, patient care, education and training
- Conducting quality control procedures on equipment and products and maintains proper records for reports and workload reporting
- Performing personal care, diagnostic support duties and treatments according to procedure
- The selectee will be working directly with veterans in a face-to-face or telephone setting
- Preparing patients for office visits, performing nursing procedures, providing patient education, and assisting with front-office work
- Provides a full range of LPN/LVN care to patients with a variety of physical and psychological needs
- Works independently and provides modalities to veterans that have multiple complex medical and or emotional conditions
- Demonstrates adherence to VA and Nursing policies/procedures and standards, and maintains competencies consistent with role responsibilities
Qualifications for practical nurse
- Minimum of one (2) years experience as an LPN (LVN) in a clinical setting
- Completion of a Practical Nursing program
- Completion of an approved Practical Nurse education program
- Current license in the State of Oregon as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
- 1 to 2 years of recent experience in clinical healthcare field
- A minimum of one year experience providing medical services to mental health consumers