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Career: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Job Description
Care for ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled persons in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Licensing required.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Provide basic patient care and treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations. |
99
|
Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration. |
93
|
Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action. |
91
|
Assemble and use equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and oxygen suppliers. |
88
|
Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, and note times and amounts on patients' charts. |
88
|
Collect samples such as blood, urine and sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples. |
87
|
Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them. |
87
|
Work as part of a health care team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions. |
87
|
Prepare patients for examinations, tests or treatments and explain procedures. |
87
|
Apply compresses, ice bags, and hot water bottles. |
86
|
Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other health care team members as necessary. |
80
|
Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking. |
76
|
Record food and fluid intake and output. |
72
|
Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments. |
69
|
Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave. |
69
|
Clean rooms and make beds. |
65
|
Supervise nurses' aides and assistants. |
63
|
Make appointments, keep records and perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices and clinics. |
55
|
Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms. |
37
|
Prepare food trays and examine them for conformance to prescribed diet. |
37
|
Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons. |
23
|
Provide medical treatment and personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, and instructing family members in simple nursing tasks. |
14
|
Assist in delivery, care, and feeding of infants. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
83
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
75
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
71
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
69
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
68
|
Getting Information
|
68
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
66
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
65
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
64
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
61
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
61
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
60
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
57
|
Processing Information
|
55
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
55
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
54
|
Thinking Creatively
|
54
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
53
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
52
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
51
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
50
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
50
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
50
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
50
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
50
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
49
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
48
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
46
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
43
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
43
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
42
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
40
|
Interacting With Computers
|
40
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
37
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
31
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
29
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
29
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
28
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
24
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
19
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
18
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|