LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES: Care for ill, injured, convalescent, and handicapped persons in hospitals, clinics, private homes, sanitariums, and similar institutions.

• Administer injections
• Administer medications/treatments
• Analyze patient activity
• Apply human anatomy & physiology knowledge
• Apply human growth/development theory
• Apply infectious materials procedures
• Apply institutional care procedures
• Apply interpersonal communication techniques
• Apply medical lab techniques
• Apply nursing practices & procedures
• Apply patient care procedures
• Apply patient observation procedures
• Apply personal care procedures
• Apply sanitation practices to health care
• Apply uniform medical tests or procedures
• Assist in examining & treating medical patients
• Care for mentally ill patients
• Chart medical data
• Collect blood samples
• Collect specimens
• Comprehend body response variations
• Comprehend the composition of drugs
• Draw blood
• Give enemas
• Inventory medical supplies and instruments
• Lift/transport ill/injured persons
• Maintain medical records
• Perform patient observation
• Perform routine medical tests
• Perform routine medical treatments
• Prepare meals
• Prepare medical treatment room
• Prepare patient reports
• Prepare patients for exams & treatments
• Prepare patients for tests
• Read/understand operating manuals
• Set up patient care equipment
• Take vital signs
• Understand & use medical terminology
• Use behavior modification with institutionalized/developmentally disabled
• Use clinical sterilizing techniques
• Use medical equipment in direct patient care
• Use nursing terminology
• Use office equipment in support of medical practice/services
• Use personal/vital care procedures in institutional living facility
• Use principles of gerontology
• Weigh patients
• Work as a team member