Full-Time
Licensed Practical Nurse or Registered Nurse
Pediatric Providers
Great Plains Health
Independent regional health system
No salary listed
North Platte, NE, USA
In Person
Bachelor's
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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- Graduate of an accredited Licensed Practical Nurse program.
- Hold a current Nebraska Licensed Practical Nurse license.
- Check patients in upon arrival.
- Use the electronic medical record to obtain vital signs, review systems, medication lists, family and social histories, and confirm medical-record completeness before the physician sees the patient.
- Ensure appropriate supplies are available for patient visits and procedures, and ensure rooms are sterile and safe.
- Triage patient phone calls and medication requests.
- Support physicians with in-office procedures.
- Administer logs for refrigeration control and sample medication receiving and distribution.
- Ensure quality patient care and adhere to provider preferences.
- Explain procedures and treatments and reinforce provider recommendations using the AIDET process.
- Provide prescribed sample medications in accordance with approved nursing techniques.
- Administer injections and immunizations as prescribed by providers.
- Use the electronic health record to accurately document visits, medications, vital signs, review of systems, medication lists, family and social history, and patient information.
- Provide point-of-care testing and record test results, reports, and procedural documentation in patient charts.
- Report test results and procedural documentation to providers for further instructions or sign-off.
- Maintain sample medications by logging their receipt and documenting them in patient charts.
- Send written, verbal, or computer-generated prescription refill requests to pharmacies as requested by the provider.
- Track laboratory and procedure orders.
- Communicate clinical data and test or procedure results accurately to the healthcare team.
- Initiate patient education plans as prescribed by the physician or clinic policy.
- Communicate and instruct patients, families, or guardians on the plan of care and document their understanding in the patient chart.
- Complete and document patient phone calls in the patient chart.
- Assist with office procedures as requested by the physician.
- Administer intravenous medication as prescribed by the physician.
Great Plains Health is a community-owned regional health system based in North Platte, Nebraska. It provides hospital, emergency, primary, specialty, surgical, cancer, cardiovascular, rehabilitation, and diagnostic services. Patients across west-central Nebraska and surrounding rural communities use its hospital, clinics, and outreach locations. Clinical care is supported by nursing, laboratories, imaging, pharmacy, air transport, technology, facilities, and administration. Its workforce includes physicians, nurses, allied-health professionals, technicians, patient services, and shared-system teams.
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