How do they match: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

  • Home Health Care Provider
  • Nursing Technician

  • 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.

  • Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
  • Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
  • Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants.
  • Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
  • Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
  • Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.
  • Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
  • Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
  • 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.
  • Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

  • Administer basic health care or medical treatments.
  • Assist patients with hygiene or daily living activities.
  • Collect biological specimens from patients.
  • Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members.
  • Measure the physical or physiological attributes of patients.
  • Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
  • Prepare patients physically for medical procedures.
  • Record patient medical histories.
  • Schedule patient procedures or appointments.
  • Supervise patient care personnel.
  • Test biological specimens to gather information about patient conditions.
  • Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses.
  • Treat patients using physical therapy techniques.