Jobs / Healthcare / 29-2061.00
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.
- US jobs
- 648,410
- Median wage
- $64,400 a year
- Job family
- Healthcare
Can agents do the work of licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Healthcare: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: MedAgentBench, 69.7% of tasks completed.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 15%Maintain health or medical recordsNot measured
- 9%Administer basic health care or medical treatmentsNot measured
- 9%Assist individuals with special needsNot measured
- 8%Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient careNot measured
- 6%Clean medical equipment or facilitiesNot measured
- 6%Provide information to guests, clients, or customersNot measured
- 6%Prepare medical equipment or work areas for useNot measured
- 5%Supervise personnel activitiesNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in healthcare, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
- 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.
- Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
- Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
- 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.
- Record food and fluid intake and output.
- Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
- Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
- Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.
Other job titles for this occupation (16)
Charge Nurse · Clinic Licensed Practical Nurse (Clinic LPN) · Clinic Nurse · Home Health Licensed Practical Nurse (Home Health LPN) · Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) · Office Nurse · Pediatric LPN (Pediatric Licensed Practical Nurse) · Private Duty Nurse · Radiation Oncology Nurse · Triage LPN (Triage Licensed Practical Nurse) · Licensed Care Coordinator (LCC) · Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) · Long Term Care LPN (Long Term Care Licensed Practical Nurse) · Medical LPN (Medical Licensed Practical Nurse) · Nursing Home LPN (Nursing Home Licensed Practical Nurse) · Private Duty Licensed Practical Nurse (Private Duty LPN)