How do they match: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Medical Assistant

  • Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants.
  • Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
  • Clean rooms and make beds.
  • 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.
  • Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms.
  • Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.

  • Assist healthcare practitioners during examinations or treatments.
  • Assist patients with hygiene or daily living activities.