Licensed Practical Nurse - Augusta Campus
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- Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Georgia Department of - DBHDD
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- 2 days ago Post Date
- Under general supervision, provides general direct nursing care to injured, ill, convalescent or disabled individuals.
- Care includes providing medical treatments, administering medication and giving injections.
- May supervise and/or direct the work of others.
- Administers prescribed medications or starts intravenous fluids, and notes times and amounts on clients' charts.
- Answers clients' calls and determines how to assist them. Helps clients with bathing, dressing, and personal hygiene, moving in bed, and standing and walking.
- Measures and records clients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration.
- Observes clients, charting and reporting changes in clients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
- Provides basic client care and treatments, such as dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas, douches, alcohol rubs, and massages, or performing catheterizations. Records food and fluid intake and output.
- Works as part of a health care team to assess client needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions
High School diploma/GED and completion of a LPN Program through an approved Georgia Nursing Board; or Vocational/Technical degree from an accredited college and current Georgia license to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse and six months of nursing experience; or one (1) year of experience required at the lower-level Licensed Practical Nurse 1 (HCT030) or position equivalent.