DirectShifts is actively hiring Licensed Practical Nurses in Chicago, for a variety of roles. We offer contract(local/travel), staff, and telehealth positions through our partners and clients.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Uses standards of nursing practice to increase the quality of care and quality of life for the patient, family, and significant other(s) by systematically evaluating the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Establishes effective relationships and serves as an advocate with the patient, family, and significant other(s) to facilitate the development of the care plan unique to the patient’s care needs.
• Uses the nursing process to develop and implement the plan of care, collect assessment data for each patient, determine appropriate nursing diagnoses, identify expected patient outcomes, determine the plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes.
• Develops assessment and management strategies based on a consideration of the physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure dimensions of human responses to actual and potential health problems.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the impact of actual or potential illness and each patient’s physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure status.
• Utilizes effective communication to participate with the patient, family, significant other(s), and other health care providers in collaborative decision-making that reflects the understanding that care should be culturally sensitive, ethical, legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane, and within the boundaries of available economic resources.

REQUIREMENTS

• Active LPN license in the state of IL
• At least 1 year of relevant experience in role of interest