Licensed Practical Nurses
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NOC 2021: 32101/ NOC 2016: 3233
Job Description
Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) provide nursing care. You may work as part of a team, taking direction from doctors or registered nurses.
As a licensed practical nurse, you perform the following duties:
- Take patients’ temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration rate
- Perform routine laboratory tests and collect samples of blood and urine to be tested for diseases
- Monitor patient diets
- Give medication and record therapeutic effects
- Provide personal and comfort care before and after an operation
- Dress wounds and apply bandages
- Check on respiratory and intravenous therapy
- Keep a watchful eye on patients, observing them and consulting with other members of the health care team when necessary
Sources: WorkBC Career Profile(Search Licensed Practical Nurses), Career Cruising (Profile for Practical Nurse)