Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
JOB DETAILS
Salary Range
$53,000 – $70,000
Recommended High School Courses
Senior 4
Chemistry 40S
Physics 40S
Math 40S
English 40S or French 40S
Biology 40S is required
College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Manitoba http://www.clpnm.ca
LPN’s provide nursing care usually under the direction of medical practitioners, registered nurses, or other health team members. They are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, extended-care facilities, rehabilitation centres, doctor’s offices, clinics and community health centres. Operating room technicians are included in this unit group.
LPN’s perform some of the following duties:
- Develop, implement, and evaluate nursing care plans
- Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
- Perform nursing interventions such as taking vital signs, applying aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensuring infection control, monitoring nutritional intake and conducting specimen collection
- Administer medication and observe and document therapeutic effects
- Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
- Initiate, monitor and discontinue intravenous therapy