LPN Corrections Day Shift

The Corrections Licensed Practical Nurse works in close and immediate contact with adults and children in custody on a daily basis providing general and emergency nursing care in the Medical and Ambulatory section of the Corrections Facility while maintaining facility security standards.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**

+ Utilizes the nursing process to plan, implement, treat and evaluate the patient/inmate
+ Integrates and implements referrals of inmates to the staff physician, nurse practitioner, dentist, mental health professional
+ Looks for signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the patient’s condition and reports to RN and/or physician
+ Collaborates with RN regarding the plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care, and effective/ineffective nursing interventions
+ Documents patient’s response to nursing and other interventions
+ Monitors the safety and effectiveness of the environ...