Licensed Practical Nurse
Company | Oklahoma State Government |
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Location | Oklahoma, USA |
Salary | $54080 – $62400 |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | |
Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad, Junior |
Requirements
- Knowledge of nursing techniques, procedures, practices, and theory
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Knowledge of infection control measures
- Ability to exercise sound judgment
- Ability to follow detailed oral or written instructions
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
- Ability to provide nursing care to patients or clients
- Possession of a valid permanent Oklahoma license as a licensed practical nurse or a Licensed Practical Nurse License recognized by the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC)
- For Level II: one year of practical nursing experience
Responsibilities
- Performs nursing procedures or specialized functions in accordance with knowledge, skills, and licensure
- Participates in the evaluation of responses to interventions
- Teaches basic nursing skills and related principles
- Delegates nursing care tasks such as taking temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure, giving enemas, douches, and sitz baths, collecting specimens, and measuring intake and output
- Assists in assessing, reporting, and recording health status of patients, families, and groups in a variety of settings
- Participates in developing and implementing appropriate aspects of a plan of care
- Administers medications as ordered
- Reports appropriate patient information to supervisor or appropriate health team member
- Serves as Charge Nurse on a unit, supervising staff performing medication administration and patient care
Preferred Qualifications
- Willingness and ability to fulfill all job-related travel normally associated with the position
- Willingness and ability to work any assigned shift or day of the week, and additional shifts as required