Summary Licensed Practical Nurse (L.P.N.) near Lethbridge (AB)
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Description
Licensed practical nurses provide nursing care usually under the direction of medical practitioners, registered nurses or other health team members. Operating room technicians prepare patients and provide assistance to medical practitioners prior to and during surgery. Licensed practical nurses are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, extended care facilities, rehabilitation centres, doctors' offices, clinics, companies, private homes and community health centres. Operating room technicians are employed in hospitals.
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Requirements
College or apprenticeship
College education or apprenticeship training usually required
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Wages
$30.00/hour
Median wage in the Lethbridge–Medicine Hat Region
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Prospects
Good
The job prospects are good in the Lethbridge–Medicine Hat Region
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Jobs
0 jobs
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Skills
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
- Assist in surgery by laying out instruments, setting up equipment, assisting surgical teams with gowns and gloves and passing instruments to surgeons
- Clean and sterilize the operating room and instruments
- Administer medication and observe and document therapeutic effects
- Take vital signs, apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensure infection control, monitore nutritional intake and conduct specimen collection
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