Registered Practical Nurse (r.p.n.)

Employer: City Healthcare Services

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Salary: $36.25 hourly

Languages: English Education: College/CEGEP Experience: Experience an asset Work setting: Home care and visiting care agency. Chronic or long-term care facilities/centres Tasks: Administer medications. Apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing. Conduct specimen collection. Ensure infection control. Monitor nutritional intake. Observe and record medication’s therapeutic and side effects. Record medication’s therapeutic and side effects observations in patient files. Take vital signs. Clean and sterilize the operating room and instruments. Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy. Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families. Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures. Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses