Licensed Vocational Nurse

As an LVN, you'll monitor patients' conditions, care for wounds, and administer medications. Other daily duties include maintaining patient records, collecting blood or urine samples, and assisting patients with bathing, dressing, and personal hygiene. Another important part of your job may be working with the families of patients and teaching them how to provide follow-up or preventative care to their loved ones. Some LVNs specialize in one aspect of nursing, such as long-term care or intravenous (IV) therapy, and focus on duties specific to their specialty. Examining and recording the changes in the clinical conditions of the patients. Taking specimens like blood, urine, sputum, etc. Administering the oral and intravenous medications. Taking care of ostomy. Changing wound dressings. Feeding the patients through a nasogastric or a gastrostomy tube. At the time of emergency, they perform CPR. Assisting Admissions and discharges. Requirements: 1. Education 2. Licensure - LVN graduates need to pass the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN) 3. Skills : Communication: excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills are essential. Observation: being detail-oriented helps to ensure patients receive the proper care at the right time. Compassion: nurses need to have empathy for the people they're caring for. Friendliness: being personable with patients and coworkers is a large part of the job. Patience: it can become stressful at times working with sick or wounded people. Flexibility: nurses must be able to go with the flow as no day is the same in a healthcare environment Resilience: nurses often need to perform physical tasks for long periods. Senior Care Facilities - In this work environment, nurses must be compassionate, hard-working, and work under extreme stress.