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Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 29-2061 · 12 skills

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These O*NET tasks describe the occupation. They provide context for this SOC mapping, but do not mean every listed Skill performs every task.

  • Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
  • Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.
  • Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

O*NET task statements are shown in their source language (English). Task data excerpted from the O*NET® 29.1 Database (USDOL/ETA) and used under CC BY 4.0.

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A bounded sample of popular skills mapped to this occupation, with at most one Skill from each GitHub repository. The complete mapped list follows.

managing-infection-control
21
lev-oslev-os/agents
Implements infection prevention protocols with isolation precautions and surveillance documentation. Use when managing infection control, implementing isolation, or documenting infection prevention.
medication-administration-safety
15
Open-MedicaOpen-Medica/open-medical-skills
Five Rights of medication administration checker for nursing. Verifies right patient, drug, dose, route, and time before medication administration.
licensed-practical-nurse
14
wonsukchoiwonsukchoi/domain-experts
Use when a task needs the judgment of a Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) — running a change-in-condition check on a long-term-care resident with the Stop & Watch tool, deciding whether a delegated task or verbal order falls inside your state's LPN/LVN task list, escalating a decline via SBAR to an on-call RN or physician when no RN is on-site, or delegating tasks to CNAs within the five rights while also receiving delegation from an RN.
blood
12
bytesagainbytesagain/ai-skills
Log blood pressure, glucose, and health metrics with trend charts. Use when recording vitals, reviewing health trends, or exporting medical logs.

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