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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

“It’s always been busy, but it’s just snowballed,” said Xiomara Russell, a licensed vocational nurse at Community Regional Medical Center who formerly worked at Madera Community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

Two years later, she graduated with an associate’s degree and became a licensed vocational nurse, eventually working in hospice care.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2023

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

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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