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Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Description
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.
Common Tasks
- Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
- Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
- Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
Required Education
Postsecondary non-degree award
Wages
In 2016 the mean hourly wage in the Greater Sacramento area was $28.62 . The hourly rate for this occupation typically paid between $24.25 and $35.61 .
In 2016 the mean annual salary in the Greater Sacramento area was $59,530.43 . The annual salary for this occupation typically paid between $50,430.43 and $74,088.41 .
Occupation Outlook
This occupation employed 2,170 people in the Greater Sacramento area during 2014.
By 2024, there is expected to be an increase of 19.4% in the number of jobs in the Greater Sacramento area for this occupation, bringing to total number to 2,590.
By 2024, in the Greater Sacramento area, the median hourly rate for this occupation is expected to be $28.00 with the median annual salary reaching $58,557.
