licensed practical nurse (L.P.N.)
Education:
College/CEGEP.
Work setting:
- Willing to relocate.
- Nursing home/home for the aged.
- Chronic or long-term care facilities/centres.
Tasks:
- Administer medications.
- Apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing.
- Conduct specimen collection.
- Ensure infection control.
- Monitor nutritional intake.
- Observe and record medication's therapeutic and side effects .
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas.
- Record medication's therapeutic and side effects observations in patient files.
- Take vital signs.
- Provide technical assistance to surgeons by laying out instruments, setting up equipment, assisting surgical teams with gowns and gloves and passing instruments to surgeons.
- Clean and sterilize the operating room and instruments.
- Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care.
- Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy.
- Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families.
- Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures.
- Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
- Eligible for licensure as a practical nurse by the province/territory of work.
- CPR Certificate.
- First Aid Certificate.
Security and safety:
Basic security clearance.
Transportation/travel information:
Own transportation.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
Attention to detail.
Screening questions:
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
Experience:
7 months to less than 1 year.