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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - $10,000 Hiring Incentive
Noland Health Services, Inc. - Mobile, AL
Job Title: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - $10,000 Hiring Incentive
Position: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Job Type: Full Time
Pay: $10,000 Hiring Incentive
Shift: 7a-3p
Work Type: On-Site
Location
Address:
City: Mobile
State: AL
ZIP Code:
Job Responsibilities
- Contributes to nursing assessment by collecting, reporting, and recording objective and subjective data.
- Observes and reports changes in condition of patients and signs and symptoms of deviations from normal health status.
- Participates in the development and modification of the Nursing Care Plan by providing data.
- Uses data collected to plan and prioritize work.
- Documents the involvement of patient/family/significant other in the medical record.
- Contributes to the identification of appropriate nursing interventions to maintain comfort, support human functions and responses.
- Assists with discharge planning.
- Performs assigned nursing procedures for the comfort and well-being of patients.
- Assists patients with ambulation.
- Assists physicians and nurses with special procedures.
- Assists with prescribed exercises, turning, massages, back rubs, and repositioning of patients.
- Monitors and records vital signs, neurological and neurovascular checks, identifies and reports abnormalities.
- Performs 12 lead EKG.
- Applies electrodes to patients requiring cardiac monitoring and documents appropriately.
- Interprets cardiac rhythm correctly to include: sinus rhythm, bradycardia, tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular flutter, and ventricular fibrillation.
- Prepares patient for meals and assists or feeds patients as needed.
- Verifies placement of feeding tubes and administers tube feedings.
- Monitors oxygen therapy for safety and effectiveness.
- Assists with nursing care procedures such as endotracheal or nasopharyngeal suctioning, intubation, extubation, and peritoneal dialysis as appropriate.
- Cares for elimination needs including enemas, irrigations, ostomy care, and urinary catheterizations.
- Collects and properly labels various types of specimens.
- Delivers specimens appropriately if necessary.
- Monitors and records patient’s fluid balance (intake and output).
- Assists with I.V. therapy on hospital policy and Alabama Board of Nursing (ABN) Scope of Practice guidelines.
- Performs venipunctures.
- Discontinues I.V. and Heparin lock at peripheral sites.
- Performs site care and I.V. tubing changes.
- Maintains nasogastric (NG) tubes per hospital policy and ABN guidelines.
- Properly labels and hangs peripheral I.V. fluids.
- Labels all I.V. tubing.
- Administers medications in accordance with policies and legal limitations.
- Documents according to policy and procedure.
- Observes patients for reactions to drugs and reports as needed.
- Applies various treatments, dressings, or corrective devices as ordered.
- Assures all restraint orders are properly written and renewed prior to expiration.
- Assists other staff with identifying alternatives to restraint use and assists with reducing/eliminating restraint use.
- Monitors and records blood glucose accurately via glucometer.
- Transcribes physicians’ orders onto MAR Kardex.
- Implements order following review and verification by Registered Nurse.
- Documents nursing interventions and responses to care (patient progress, medications, treatments, signs and symptoms, intake and output, vital signs, serial blood sugars, ventilator parameters, and other pertinent observations).
- Explains nursing interventions and provides appropriate education (medication, procedures, diagnosis related, equipment, safety, etc.) to patient and/or responsible person, according to their predetermined level of comprehension, and documents on appropriate records.
- Performs phlebotomy and collects laboratory specimens according to established standards.
- Monitors patient’s skin integrity, reports abnormal findings, and assists with follow-up orders and wound care.
- Assesses the patient for pain using a 1-10 pain rating scale or other rating method and intervenes promptly and appropriately for any identified pain.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Skills
Core Skills
- Licensed as an LPN in Alabama
- Patient assessment
- Medication administration
- Vital signs monitoring
- I.V. therapy management
- EKG interpretation
Preferred Skills
- Hospital experience
Requirements
Experience: Minimum of one year experience, hospital experience strongly preferred.
Education: Must be currently licensed as an LPN by the State of Alabama.
License & Certification:
- Not specified
Schedule:
- Not specified
COVID-19 Requirements: Not Specified
Benefits
- Not specified
Supplemental Pay
- Not specified
Special Notes
- Not specified
Facility Details
Name: Noland Health Services, Inc.
Description: Not Specified
Specialties:
- Not specified
Mission: Not Specified
Job Info
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Status:
Sourcing
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No of Jobs:
1
Apply Before:
09/18/2025
Posted:
06/18/2025
