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licensed vocational nurse

American  

noun

  1. a person with specified training who has become licensed to provide vocational assistance to patients. LVN


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“They’re not listening to the frontline health care workers,” said Mikki Fletchall, a licensed vocational nurse based in a Kaiser medical office in Camarillo, California.

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2023

“They were going through nurses every two or three weeks who would quit because of the pay,” said Miranda, a licensed vocational nurse.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2022

If someone has worsening symptoms that are out of control, a licensed vocational nurse, a registered nurse or a home health aide could stay for eight-hour shifts until the patient is once again comfortable.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022

At the same time, Silva’s fiancee, Ashley Navarro, was working as a licensed vocational nurse at a local hospital, including on rotating shifts on a COVID-19 unit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2021

She was last stationed as a specialist at Madigan Army Medical Center in Fort Lewis, Wash. His father, a retired Army licensed vocational nurse, was last stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2018

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