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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)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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