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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 Vocational Nurse (LVN)”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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