What are some services the LVN/LPN may provide?

-Bowel and bladder training, catheter care and teaching, emotional support, enemas, finger sticks for blood glucose readings, injections, insertion of urinary catheter, irrigation, and observation for infections, monitoring physical status (such as; lung sounds, bowel sounds, pulses, edema, and weight), Nutrition, ostomy care and teaching, pain management, patient and family teaching, prefilling of insulin syringes, preventative health measures, respiratory care, management of oxygen therapy, mechanical ventilation, and physiotherapy, specimen collection, teaching monitoring, or setting up medications, therapeutic diet teaching or reinforcement, Tracheostomy care, including Suctioning, vital signs, wound care, sterile dressing changes.