LPN
Livonia, Michigan
Posted Aug 18
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Charge shifts · Precepting expected
- Setting
- Skilled Nursing
- Accepts
- LPN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Michigan is $36/hr, across 169 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Summary
Plans, coordinates and provides total nursing care for residents and provides supervision and guidance to clinical staff members. Scope of work may be modified by state specific rules under the Nurse Practice Act.
Essential Functions
Initiates and leads team conferences in development of individualized nursing care plans. Assesses and documents the resident's condition and nursing needs. Accurately and promptly implements physicians' orders.
Read the full posting
Assigns nursing care to team members in accordance with the resident's needs and the person's capabilities and qualifications. Supervises, directs and evaluates LPNs, LVNs, and CNAs. Administers medications, starts IVs and performs treatments for assigned residents, and documents that treatment as required company, and local, state and federal rules and regulations.
Participates in orientation and in-service training for personnel. Assists physicians with special tests and procedures within the scope of state specified Nursing Practice Act. Ensures that supplies are utilized economically and that equipment is clean and maintained in a safe manner.
Reports and records pertinent observations and reactions regarding residents. Coordinates nursing care of residents when scheduled for therapy or procedures by other departments. Assists with or institutes emergency measures for sudden adverse developments in residents.
Interviews applicants and recommends hires. Participates in counseling, disciplinary action and termination of staff, to extent permitted by state practice act. Supervises nursing unit, which includes scheduling and directing the nursing staff to extent permitted by state practice act.
Requirements
Qualifications
Education
Graduate of accredited LPN or RN School of Nursing.
Licenses/
Certification
Valid LPN or RN license in the state employed. Valid CPR certification.
Experience
One year of nursing experience preferred.
Sourced from MediLodge’s careers page.
Requirements
- Graduate of accredited LPN or RN School of Nursing.
- Licenses/
- Valid LPN or RN license in the state employed.
- Valid CPR certification.
- One year of nursing experience preferred.
Place
- City
- Livonia, Michigan
- Median rent
- $1,322/mo
- Local household income
- $98,460/yr
- State price level
- 4% below the national average
- Address
- 29270 Morlock St, Livonia, MI 48152, USA
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Michigan index 96.2, where 100 is the national average.
Livonia is a quiet, family-friendly suburb northwest of Detroit, known for its well-kept neighborhoods and abundance of parks. With easy freeway access to both downtown Detroit and Ann Arbor, it offers a balanced pace for nurses seeking suburban comfort near major metro healthcare systems.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You would be walking into MediLodge of Gaylord as a floor RN in skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation—Michigan’s largest long-term care and rehab provider by their own description. The concrete opening on the books is part-time and PRN night shift,…
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