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Licensed Practical Nurses  (NOC 3233)
Kootenay Region
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Licensed practical nurses provide nursing care usually under the direction of medical practitioners, registered nurses or other health team members. They 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 included in this unit group.

certified nursing assistant (CNA), licensed nursing assistant, licensed practical nurse (L.P.N.), operating room technician, registered nursing assistant (R.N.A.), registered practical nurse (R.P.N.).

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Licensed practical nurses perform some or all of the following duties:
  • Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
  • Perform nursing interventions such as taking vital signs, applying aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensuring infection control, monitoring nutritional intake and conducting specimen collection
  • Administer medication and observe and document therapeutic effects
  • Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
  • Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
  • Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team
  • Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families.
Operating room technicians perform some or all of the following duties:
  • Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing the patients' 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.
Included Cities in Region | Service Canada Offices

Castlegar, Cranbrook, Fernie, Grand Forks, Kimberley, Nelson, Rossland, Trail, Creston

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Jobs for Licensed Practical Nurses in Kootenay Region

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There are 5 job postings in Kootenay Region.

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Date Posted Job Title Employer Location Source
2013-05-17 L.P.N. (licensed practical nurse) Golden Life
  • Grand Forks
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2013-05-17 L.P.N. (licensed practical nurse) Golden Life
  • Fernie
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2013-05-17 L.P.N. (licensed practical nurse) Golden Life
  • Cranbrook
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2013-05-17 licensed practical nurse (L.P.N.) Golden Life
  • Castlegar
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2013-05-09 licensed practical nurse (L.P.N.) Golden Life
  • Castlegar
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