Core
Provides professional nursing care to residents through medication administration, treatment, and supervision of nursing assistants.
Role type
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Builds
Resident care plans and medication administration records
Domain
Healthcare / Aging services
Required skills
Medication administration, resident condition monitoring, physician order verification, nursing assistant supervision, laboratory request completion, inventory management
Preferred skills
Supervisory and leadership skills, knowledge of aging services industry, compassion, adaptability
Technologies
Medication Administration Record (MAR), medication carts, nurses' station systems
Responsibilities
Administer prescribed medications and treatments, assign duties to nursing assistants, observe and report changes in resident condition, notify physicians of condition changes, monitor medication inventory and dispose of expired items, transcribe physician orders, complete laboratory requests