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Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

  • Health Science

Tasks

What tasks do Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses perform?

  • Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.

  • Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.

  • Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

  • Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.


Knowledge

What do Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses need to know?

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

  • English Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • Psychology

    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.


Skills

What skills do Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses need?

  • Service Orientation

    Actively looking for ways to help people.

  • Social Perceptiveness

    Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

  • Coordination

    Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.



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