Licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) practice nursing under the guidance of a registered nurse or licensed physician. Their duties depend on the their work setting, and may include monitoring patients’ health, maintaining patients’ records, administering medication, wound care, reporting relevant information to registered nurses and doctors, collecting samples for routine lab tests, and teaching basic nursing skills to a patient’s family. California LVNs can administer medication and start intravenous (IV) drips with special /continuing education and approval from the Board of … Read the rest