Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

What They Do: 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.

Also Called: Charge NurseClinic Licensed Practical Nurse (Clinic LPN)Clinic NurseHome Health Licensed Practical Nurse (Home Health LPN)Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)Office NursePediatric LPN (Pediatric Licensed Practical Nurse)Private Duty NurseRadiation Oncology NurseTriage LPN (Triage Licensed Practical Nurse)

Resource Details

Technology Skills

NameExample
Medical software
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Epic Systems
Video conferencing software
  • FaceTime
  • Zoom
Electronic mail software
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Microsoft Outlook
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Categorization or classification software
  • Diagnostic and procedural coding software
Video creation and editing software
  • YouTube
Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software
  • Google Drive
Operating system software
  • Microsoft Windows
Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word