What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Night Shift - Full-Time 3rd Shift position at Cedarbrook Senior Living?
LPN
Up to $31/hr.
At Cedarbrook Senior Living,
we work hard every day to find out what “Celebrating Life Every Day!” means to
our residents and their families, then we help them achieve these goals. Our
Nurses are accountable for the following:
Responsibilities
- Participates
in pre-admissions assessments for potential residents.
- Understands
and implements the Fire Safety and Disaster Preparedness Plan and evacuation
procedures of the community during drills and emergencies.
- Performs
admission and periodic reviews on residents for functional and mental
abilities.
- Reviews/revises
assessments and care plans at admission, periodically per regulation, and at
change in resident physical or psychosocial condition.
- Assists
residents in scheduling medical, dental and laboratory appointments.
- Assists
physician with resident examination as needed.
- Reviews and
transcribes physician's orders.
- Administers
and documents medications in accordance to the five rights: right medication,
right route, right resident, right time, and right dose.
- Provides
medical treatments as ordered by physician.
- Monitors
resident restorative nursing programs.
- Supervises
and monitors medications for residents who self-administer.
- Observes
residents and reports condition changes to physicians, health care proxies, and
supervisors.
- Supports and
maintains harmonious relations and communicates with family, visitors and all
members of the Health Team.
- Understands
the resident’s Advance Directives and follows his/her wishes.
- Assists
resident with meeting their nutritional/hydration needs and documents on the
Nursing record appropriately.
- Monitors
meal-time and nourishments, assists with trays, and helps feed residents.
- Maintains a
safe, clean, orderly, homelike environment for residents.
- Answers
residents call light promptly.
- Responsible
for the planning, implementation and evaluation of Nursing care provided on the
shift.
- Maintains
confidentiality of residents’ private health information.
- Responds to
emergency calls from Independent Living per community policy.
- Participates
in risk management and quality assurance programs for entire community.
Qualifications
- Graduate from an
accredited School of Nursing required.
- Current license in
the state of Michigan required.
- Current CPR
certification required.
Benefits
- Referral Program
- Paid Time Off
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life/AD&D
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Flexible/Dependent Care Spending Accounts
Making a Difference
Learn how you can make a
difference in the lives of our residents and their families by visiting and
applying on our company website.
Responsibilities
- Participates in pre-admissions assessments for potential residents.
- Understands and implements the Fire Safety and Disaster Preparedness Plan and evacuation procedures of the community during drills and emergencies.
- Performs admission and periodic reviews on residents for functional and mental abilities.
- Reviews/revises assessments and care plans at admission, periodically per regulation, and at change in resident physical or psychosocial condition.
- Assists residents in scheduling medical, dental and laboratory appointments.
- Assists physician with resident examination as needed.
- Reviews and transcribes physician's orders.
- Administers and documents medications in accordance to the five rights: right medication, right route, right resident, right time, and right dose.
- Provides medical treatments as ordered by physician.
- Monitors resident restorative nursing programs.
- Supervises and monitors medications for residents who self-administer.
- Observes residents and reports condition changes to physicians, health care proxies, and supervisors.
- Supports and maintains harmonious relations and communicates with family, visitors and all members of the Health Team.
- Understands the resident’s Advance Directives and follows his/her wishes.
- Assists resident with meeting their nutritional/hydration needs and documents on the Nursing record appropriately.
- Monitors meal-time and nourishments, assists with trays, and helps feed residents.
- Maintains a safe, clean, orderly, homelike environment for residents.
- Answers residents call light promptly.
- Responsible for the planning, implementation and evaluation of Nursing care provided on the shift.
- Maintains confidentiality of residents’ private health information.
- Responds to emergency calls from Independent Living per community policy.
- Participates in risk management and quality assurance programs for entire community.
- Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing required.
- Current license in the state of Michigan required.
- Current CPR certification required.
- Referral Program
- Paid Time Off
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life/AD&D
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Flexible/Dependent Care Spending Accounts
Learn how you can make a difference in the lives of our residents and their families by visiting and applying on our company website.
Salary : $31
