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EXPERIENCED LPN - OP NEUROLOGY

St. Bernard's Medical Center

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Location
JONESBORO, AR
Work Authorization
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Job overview

The Experienced LPN - OP Neurology performs selected nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse. The posting describes routine skilled-care tasks and specifies activities LPNs may not perform, including initial comprehensive assessments and changes to the plan of care. The role requires graduation from a school of practical nursing, completion of an LPNII course, and two years of nursing experience, including one year in a hospital medical-surgical setting.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Routine Nursing Care, requiredGeriatric Care, requiredPediatric Care, requiredAdult Care, requiredGrowth and Development, requiredPatient Assessment, requiredPatient Communication, required

Qualifications

Practical Nursing Graduate, requiredLPNII Course Completion, required2 Years Nursing Experience, required1 Year Hospital Medical-Surgical Experience, required

Full job description

  • JOB REQUIREMENTS

  • Education Required

  • Graduate of a School of Practical Nursing. Completion of LPNII course.

  • Experience

  • Two (2) years nursing experience. One (1) year experience must be a hospital setting in a medical-surgical environment. Knowledge and Abilities: Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to and communicate with primarily the geriatric population, and to a lesser degree the pediatric and adult populations. Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span. Able to assess data reflecting the patients’ status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age-specific needs.

  • Physical

  • This is a safety sensitive position. Please see the St. Bernards Substance Abuse Policy for further information.

  • Involves being inside and outside. Exposure to temperatures 32 degrees and less and 100 degrees or more, fumes, dust, and noise. Hearing within normal range. Frequent sitting, stooping, standing, walking, bending, pushing/pulling up to 250 pounds, carrying up to 35 pounds, and lifting up to 100 pounds.

  • JOB SUMMARY

  • Performs selected nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse.

  • According to state law and the standards of this agency, the Home Health LPN is limited in the following area. LPNs can make visits requiring routine skilled care, such as:

  • Dressing changes

  • Finger stick blood sugars (FSBS)

  • Urinary catheter insertions

  • Venipunctures for laboratory specimens

  • Injections by IM or SQ, as permitted by policy

  • Other routine nursing tasks

  • IV antibiotic therapy

  • De-access central lines

  • IV hydration

  • Central line maintenance/flushing & site care

  • Simple assessments (collect assessment data)

  • PEG

  • NG tubes

  • LPNs may not:

  • Unilateral changes in the Plan of Care- call M.D.; write orders; change care plan

  • Admission visit-initial comprehensive assessment

  • Recertification visit

  • Resume visit

  • High risk IV therapy (Dobumine, TPN, Chemotherapy)

  • Access Porta cath

  • 1st dose antibiotics

  • Patient Care Technician personal care evaluation (every 14 days)

  • Patient Care Technician supervisory visits (every 100 hours)

  • Other duties identified by supervisory staff

  • OASIS assessment

  • Discharge visits

  • Assess/Manage Epidural Infustion

  • Complex assessment

  • Blood drawn from central venous access

How this job compares

Set against the 10,077 open Licensed Practical Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$53–74K/yr640 salary ranges
  • Arkansas median$28–31/hr34 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 67 open Licensed Practical Nurse jobs in Arkansas and 10,077 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Arkansas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — more than three in four Licensed Practical Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 2,616 postings).
Education
19 of the 10,077 open Licensed Practical Nurse jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Pay, requirements and demand for Licensed Practical Nurse jobs

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