Benefits:

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Summary of the Job:

Care for post-operative patients in the hospital setting. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Louisiana PN Licensing required. This position will work 12 hour shifts.

Essential Functions

Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, and note times and amounts on patients' charts.

Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.

Apply compresses and ice bags.

Assemble and use equipment such as catheters and oxygen suppliers.

Clean rooms and make beds.

Collect samples such as blood, urine and sputum from patients

Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other health-care team members as necessary.

Help patients with bathing, dressing, and personal hygiene, moving in bed, and standing and walking.