Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) are healthcare practitioners responsible for delivering and organizing basic nursing care to individuals, families and groups within diverse settings collaborating with various healthcare professionals. LPNs primarily care for those with relatively stable and predictable health conditions. They can also provide care to patients and families with more complex needs in consultation and coordination with other healthcare professionals.

المسؤوليات

• Practices autonomously, safely, competently, and ethically along the continuum of care in situations of health and illness across a person’s life course.
• Refer the patient to a licensed RN if the patient’s condition is not stable or if changes to critical.
• Provides healthcare services for the:

1. Promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health, with a focus on patients with low-acuity, stable, and predictable states of health
2. Prevention, treatment, and palliation of illness and injury, with a focus on low-acuity, stable, and predictable disorders and conditions, primarily by: 

• Assessing health status
• Planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting practical nursing care.
• Administering basic medical care
• Providing basic comfort care
• Listening to patient concerns and discussing the care provided
• Helping a patient’s family understand procedures and educating them on how to provide care.
• Collecting samples for testing and performing routine laboratory test
• Administering prescribed medications; monitoring and reporting adverse reactions to the physician or registered nurse
• Assisting physicians and registered nurses in performing tests and procedures
• Monitoring and cleaning medical equipment
• Works collaboratively with patients, families, and the healthcare team to ensure continuity and quality of healthcare delivery. 
• Accountable for their own practical nursing practice and seek assistance when the care needs go beyond their individual competence level to maximize patient outcomes. 
• Demonstrates leadership by fostering continued self-growth to meet the challenges of an evolving healthcare system. 
• Advocates for the implementation and utilization of evidence-informed practice.
• يلتزم بجميع السياسات والإجراءات المتعلقة بالمستشفى. 
• يلتزم بمعايير سدرة كما تظهر في مدونة قواعد السلوك وسياسات تضارب المصالح.
• يلتزم بقيم سدرة ويعززها

يشكل هذا الوصف الوظيفي أساس متطلبات الوظيفة. قد يُطلب من شاغل الوظيفة القيام بمهام محددة ذات صلة بمجال عمله، كما يُطلب منه إثبات الكفاءات الخاصة بالوظيفة كما هو موضح في ملحق الوصف الوظيفي.

نظراً للاحتياجات والفرص المتطورة داخل سدرة، قد يُطلب من شاغل هذه الوظيفة أداء واجبات أخرى حسب التكليف، وقد تختلف علاقات التبعية.

المؤهل العلمي

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المصدر: الموقع الرسمي للوظائف في سدرة للطب. يرجى التقديم مباشرةً لدى جهة العمل.