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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 “Clinic Licensed Practical Nurse (CLINIC LPN)”

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.
Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.
Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.
Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.
Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.
Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
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.
Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
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.
Clean rooms and make beds.
Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.
Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
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.
Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms.
Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.
Record food and fluid intake and output.
Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants.

Related Technology & Tools

Safety jackets
Abdominal binders
Pulse oximeters
Capillary tubes
Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
Lap belts
Pulmonary function testing PFT equipment
Gait belts
Closed infusion systems
Safety belts
Intradermal needles
Blood transfusion drip regulators
Telemetry units
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Through-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
Personal digital assistants PDA
Infusion sets
Limb restraints
Syringes
Intravenous IV needles
Personal computers
Vented intravenous IV catheter tubing
Traction weights
Tourniquets
Jackson-Pratt drains
Walkers
Ostomy equipment
Respiration monitors
Patient lifters
Saturation of oxygen SaO2 monitors
Gastric suction equipment
Needleless glucometers
Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
Bucks extensions
Filtered intravenous IV catheter tubing
Heparin locks
Infusion controllers
Urinary catheters
Flexible nasogastric tubes
Desktop computers
Intermittent infusion sets
Hollow needles
Intubation suctioning kits
Electrocardiography EKG units
Oxygen cylinders
Mechanical stethoscopes
Non-invasive cardiac output monitors
Circo-electric beds
Enema equipment
Digital spirometers
Neck braces
Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB apparatus
Oxygen supplies
Wheelchair belts
Safety infusion systems
Automated spirometers
Needleless intraveneous IV sets
Butterfly needles
Frames
Hyper/hypothermia blankets
Wheelchairs
Safety vests
Suture removal kits
Traction equipment
Halo traction equipment
Compressor tabletop nebulizers
Crutchfield tongs
Automated external defibrillators AED
Personal computer PC-based spirometers
Pediatric nebulizers
Crutches
Open infusion systems
Intramuscular needles
Glucometers
Tablet computers
Heart monitors
Wrist restraints
Portable nebulizers
Walking braces
Tracheotomy tubes
Over-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
Transfer boards
Hemovac drains
Mercury blood pressure measuring equipment
Notebook computers
Handheld spirometers
Safety needles
Infusion pumps
Clinical trapezes
Ultrasonic Doppler equipment
Evacuated blood collection tubes
Apnea monitors
Nebulizers
Oxygen masks
Needleless intravenous IV withdrawal equipment
Canes
Hemoglobinometer machines
Pneumatic boots
Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
Posey vests
Restraints
Rotating bed
Non-invasive cardio respiratory monitors
Non-vented intravenous IV catheter tubing
Electronic compressor nebulizers
Electronic stethoscopes
Fabric body holders
Electronic blood pressure units
Pocket spirometers
Knee braces
Lancets
Balkan frames
Bag infusion systems
Ultrasonic nebulizers
Oxygen tubing
Dialysis machines
Ankle restraints
Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
Ultrasonic cardiac output monitors
Blood glucometers
Air fluidized beds

Microsoft Office
MEDITECH software
Medical procedure coding software
Diagnostic and procedural coding software
Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
Infusion management software
Telephone triage software
MedicWare EMR
Medical condition coding software
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Electronic medical record EMR software
Word processing software
Spreadsheet software
Scheduling software