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Job Description

Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Licensing required.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2061.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 44,840.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
Currently, there are 702,400 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses”.

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Tasks for “Licensed Practical Nurse, Clinic Nurse (LPN, Clinic Nurse)”

Record food and fluid intake and output.
Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.
Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.
Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants.
Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms.
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.
Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
Clean rooms and make beds.
Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.
Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.
Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.
Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.
Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks.
Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.

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