Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Licensed Practice Nurse (LPN) - Family Medicine

Overview

Supports the Physician Practice by providing quality, individualized care according to established standards.

Responsibilities

General Clinical Practice

  • Utilizes accepted processes of care in interactions with all patients, to include: documenting symptoms and vital signs, and responses to interventions, reporting progress to providers.
  • Collects assessment data and reports to provider or RN, per practice protocol.
  • Demonstrates the skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to the populations served.
  • Adheres to the practice standards and procedures of the Practice in the administration of medications and patient care activities, per practice protocol.
  • Documents care provided using Practice Group standards to include: filing lab results and reporting untoward results to Physician/Practitioner
  • Provides education to patient and families based on assessment of learning needs
  • Assists Physician/Practitioner with procedures as requested and performs simple lab tests in the office
  • Creates and maintains the patient care environment to include: meeting all safety standards, maintaining cleanliness and inventory of supplies and sterility/cleanliness of equipment.
  • Documents care and progress
  • Completes appropriate charging documentation, per practice protocol.
  • Shares responsibility for prescription line, to include calling in refills, per hospital protocol
  • Medical Assistants (MAs) may administer B12 injections, plant PPD tests and administer immunizations as directed by provider.

Triage and Nurse visits RNs ONLY

  • Triages phone call from patients to include: assessment of symptoms, analyzing urgency of needs, advising simple treatments or referring them for immediate care in the Emergency Room or Physician’s office
  • Conducts Nurse-Only visits as requested by physician.
  • Only RNs/LPNs will administer medications and injections (see above exception for MAs).

Qualifications

  • MAs / CMAs/RMAs - Certification/registration or successful completion of Clinical and/or Pharmacology coursework is required.
  • Graduate of an accredited school is required.
  • 0-1 year clinical experience
  • Office Practice experience preferred

Required Licensure/Certifications

REQUIRED LICENSE(S): • Licensed LPN with NH eligibility REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS: • CPR Certification

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