Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
2. 02Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
3. 03Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.
4. 04Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.
5. 05Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.
6. 06Provide 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.
7. 07Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.
8. 08Record food and fluid intake and output.
9. 09Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
10. 10Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
11. 11Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.
12. 12Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.

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