Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

Also called: practical, nurse, lpn, lvn, charge nurse

1. Your job

2. What you do

3. Your result

4. Your plan

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Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and put in place interventionsRecord food and fluid intake and outputObserve patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditionsMeasure and record patients' vital signsAdminister prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' chartsProvide basic patient care or treatmentsAnswer patients' calls and determine how to assist themSupervise nurses' aides or assistantsEvaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessaryAssemble and use equipmentCollect samplesPrepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet