How do they match: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

  • Home Health Care Provider

  • 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.

  • Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.
  • Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
  • Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

  • Prepare medical supplies or equipment for use.
  • Prepare patients physically for medical procedures.
  • Administer basic health care or medical treatments.
  • Manage preparation of special meals or diets.
  • Supervise patient care personnel.
  • Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses.