<p>Job Summary</p> <p>The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) partners with the Registered nurse and support staff to ensure the provision of customer focused care and safety in the acute rehab setting within the scope and responsibilities of the LPN license and patient care standards of Riverview Health.</p> <p>Job Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>Implement planned interventions/care as directed and supervised by the Registered Nurse and within the scope of the Indiana Nurse Practice Act requirements for LPN's. </li><li>Administer medications, know their actions, and side effects, recognize allergic reactions and document the patient's response to drugs. </li><li>Monitor, regulate, change, and discontinue intravenous fluids. </li><li>Answer patient call lights for any patient and make frequent rounds on all assigned patients to determine condition and needs. </li><li>Communicate changes in patient condition to the Registered Nurse and other members of the healthcare team. </li><li>Provide patient education and explain the procedures, medications, and treatment to be administered to gain cooperation and ease apprehension. </li><li>Actively work to ensure patients' rights are identified and met for every patient. </li><li>Collect data as directed by the Registered Nurse assigned to the patient and defined by department policy. Document in patient charts in a timely manner, noting any treatments, etc., given to a patient and any positive or negative exceptions. </li><li>Assist the Registered Nurse in identifying specific patient needs based on assessment data and in formulating a plan of care based on these needs. </li><li>Other duties as assigned. </li></ul> <p>Education Requirements</p> <ul> <li>Minimum: Graduate of accredited School of Practical Nursing </li></ul> <p>Experience Requirements</p> <ul> <li>Minimum: No experience required </li><li>Preferred: Hospital experience </li></ul> <p>License/Certificatiom Requirements</p> <p>Minimum:</p> <ul> <li>Practical Nursing license eligible to practice in the state of Indiana </li><li>Basic Life Safety (American Heart Association) </li></ul>