Licensed practical nurses care for those who are sick, injured, disabled, or convalescent under the guidance of a registered nurse or physician. They provide basic bedside care, performing duties, such as giving injections and enemas, taking vital signs, applying dressings, monitoring catheters, performing routine lab tests, feeding patients, recording food and fluid intake and output and reporting adverse reactions to senior medical personnel. Experienced LVNS may supervise certified nursing assistants and unlicensed personnel. LPNs, working in physicians’ offices, may have … Read the rest