Skills Licensed Practical Nurse (L.P.N.) in the Northeast Region
Find out what skills you typically need to work as a licensed practical nurse (L.P.N.) in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Licensed practical nurses (NOC 32101).
Tasks
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing operative areas
- Administer medication and observe and document therapeutic effects
- Assist in surgery by laying out instruments, setting up equipment, assisting surgical teams with gowns and gloves and passing instruments to surgeons
- Take vital signs, apply aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensure infection control, monitore nutritional intake and conduct specimen collection
- Clean and sterilize the operating room and instruments
- Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
- Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
- Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families
- Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
- Monitor patients' progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team
Skills and Knowledge Checklist
The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.
Skills
Help - Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery
Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery
- Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment
- Cleaning and House/Shop Keeping
- Tending to Daily Needs
- Serving Others
- Treating People/Animals
- Interviewing
- Teaching and Training
- Liaising and Networking
- Processing Information
- Analyzing Information
Knowledge
Help - Health Services
Health Services
- Medicine
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Client Service
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