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LPN, MED/SURG, Full-Time Nights

Job Description: Provides direct and indirect patient care in the medical-surgical setting.

Posted Oct 5

Shift and hours
Nights LPN, MED/SURG, FULL-TIME NIGHTS
Unit and setting
medical-surgical · Hospital Job Description: Provides direct and indirect patient care in the medical-surgical setting.
License
LPN or LVN license Current LPN/LVN licensure in State of Nevada.LPN/LVN licensure
Term
Permanent LPN, MED/SURG, FULL-TIME NIGHTSFull-time

Do you qualify?

License
LPN/LVN licensure Current LPN/LVN licensure in State of Nevada. Check your license
Certification
BLS certification Current BLS certification.
Certification
IV Certification Current IV Certification required
Experience
LPN experience At least one year LPN exp required

Preferred

Experience
Acute Care experience Acute Care exp preferred

The role and schedule

Floating
perform general nursing duties in all departments with adequate supervision Additionally, is able to perform general nursing duties in all departments with adequate supervision
Day to day
assess and reassess pain, utilize pain management techniques, and educate patient and family
Day to day
correct medication administration including psychotropic drugs Demonstrates knowledge of medications, including psychotropic drugs, and their correct administration based on the patient's age and clinical condition.
Day to day
consult other departments for interdisciplinary care Consults other departments, as appropriate, to provide for an interdisciplinary approach to the patient's needs
Day to day
perform nursing assessments and reassessments under direct RN supervision Demonstrates the ability, under the direct supervision of an RN, to perform nursing assessments on all patients of all ages and reassessments as per policy.
Details
170-bed acute care hospital

The workplace

Sierra Medical Center
Hiring organization
Hiring contact
If you would like to learn more about the opportunity, please contact Michelle Lopez-Reyes @ Michelle.lopezreyes@uhsinc.com If you would like to learn more about the opportunity, please contact Michelle Lopez-Reyes @ Michelle.lopezreyes@uhsinc.com

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Original listing

Posted on Sierra Medical Center’s careers page.

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Responsibilities

Sierra Medical Center is part of Northern Nevada Health System, a regional multi-facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. Sierra Medical Center is a 170-bed acute care hospital offering services including 24/7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more. Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com

What we at Sierra Medical Center value

  • Compassion: We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
  • Empathy: We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
  • Teamwork: We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
  • Quality: We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
  • Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
  • Respect: We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
  • Service Excellence: We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
  • Innovation: We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care

Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com

If you would like to learn more about the opportunity, please contact Michelle Lopez-Reyes @ Michelle.lopezreyes@uhsinc.com

Job Description

Provides direct and indirect patient care in the medical-surgical setting. Communicates with physicians/Nurse Manager/co-workers, as appropriate about changes in patient’s clinical condition including results of diagnostic studies and symptomatology. Is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment. Additionally, is able to perform general nursing duties in all departments with adequate supervision

Job Duties/

Responsibilities

Ability to adequately assess and reassess pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques. Educates the patient and family regarding pain management Demonstrates knowledge of medications, including psychotropic drugs, and their correct administration based on the patient's age and clinical condition. Consults other departments, as appropriate, to provide for an interdisciplinary approach to the patient's needs Demonstrates the ability, under the direct supervision of an RN, to perform nursing assessments on all patients of all ages and reassessments as per policy.

About Universal Health Services

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Since our founding in 1979, UHS has grown steadily into a premier Fortune 500® corporation perennially recognized by multiple esteemed national rating entities. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U. S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom. www.uhs.com.

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Qualifications

Current LPN/LVN licensure in State of Nevada. Current BLS certification. Current IV Certification required At least one year LPN exp required Acute Care exp preferred

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Salary: Starting from $26.65 to $33.31 an hour

What's around it?

In Reno, NV

Reno, NVFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about the same as the US average

Median rent
$1,556/mo
Household income
$80,760/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

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