29-2061 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
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.
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Occupation Tasks
- Record food and fluid intake and output.
- Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.
- Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
- Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.
- Supervise nurses’ aides or assistants.
- Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
- Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
- Answer patients’ calls and determine how to assist them.
- 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.
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