How do they match: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Medical Assistant

  • 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.

  • Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants.
  • Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
  • Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
  • 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.
  • Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
  • Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.

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