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SOC 29-2061
LPN/LVNs provide basic care under RN/physician supervision: vital signs, ordered medication, dressings/wound care, samples, eating/mobility assistance and prompt abnormality reports, delivering reviewable care/safety records.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((0+50+0)/3+0.5)=17; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses turn orders and patient status into reviewable basic care: measuring/recording vital signs, administering medication as ordered, changing dressings/providing wound care, collecting samples, assisting eating/mobility and promptly reporting abnormalities to registered nurses or doctors.
The following assessments concern basic nursing and patient-safety working methods, without predicting hiring, licensing or professional titles.
Sample outputs and reflection: Check reviewability of vital signs, the check–administer–record medication loop, aseptic dressing steps and procedural reporting. Consider tolerance for shifts, prolonged standing/patient moving, accuracy during repeated checks and stopping before reporting uncertainty.
U.S. 29-2061 LPN/LVN are licensed personnel providing basic medical care under RN or physician supervision. Medication, IV procedures and direct-supervision levels depend on state/institutional rules. The Chinese title establishes no equivalence with Chinese registered nurses or advanced practice nurses.
Collaboration chain: patients/families, RNs/nursing supervisors, doctors/other clinicians, pharmacies/laboratories, nursing aides/support staff. Report beyond-authority matters or sudden deterioration under orders/escalation procedures.
Career direction comparison
Compare LPN/LVNs and adjacent roles by actual objects, core deliverables and responsibility boundaries, without interchanging qualifications by title.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nurses | RNs perform nursing assessments/diagnoses and have fuller medication/procedural authority, typically requiring bachelor's/associate education and separate licensing. LPN/LVNs provide basic care under supervision and report assessment or authorization matters beyond scope. | Perform assessments and hold fuller medication/procedural authority; LPN/LVNs provide basic care under their supervision. | Compare if you prefer greater clinical responsibility/authority. |
| Nursing Aides | Nursing aides primarily assist daily living (eating, turning, hygiene), usually without licensure. LPN/LVNs additionally perform licensed basic-care tasks such as medication, dressings and vital-sign monitoring. |
AI impact on this career
Editorial suggestion: Test record drafts/reminder organization in authorized isolated environments. Ordinary monitoring automation is not generative AI. No occupational adoption, time-saving or clinical effects obtained; outputs are not medication orders or independent diagnoses. AI Impact Score 17% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((0+50+0)/3+0.5)=17; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Chinese mainland salary reference
Definition note: NBS 2025 annual average wages for urban non-private units are health/social work 146,266 yuan, resident services/repairs/other services 70,226 yuan and public administration/social security/social organizations 119,465 yuan. These are industry figures, not occupational medians or starting pay.
China's Nurses Regulation requires practice registration and a nurse practice certificate; examinations, degrees, training and registration are different statuses. U.S. LPN/LVN state licenses do not automatically replace Chinese nurse registration.
Only annual average wages published
Only annual average wages published
Insufficient evidence: not separately listed
U.S. salary reference
U.S. nationwide LPN/LVN May 2025 median annual pay is USD 64,400 (about USD 30.96/hour), with O*NET-displayed 2025 OEWS 10th through 90th percentiles USD 49,740—83,440. BLS projects 2025—2035 growth about 3% (about +19,700 people), average annual openings about 51,800 and 2025 employment about 666,900.
| Statistical position | Annual wage reference | Hourly equivalent | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest 10% | $49,740/year | $23.91/hour | 10th-percentile boundary, not an individual offer. |
| Median (50%) | $64,400/year | $30.96/hour | 2025 U.S. nationwide median annual pay. |
| Highest 90% |
Fit signals
Assess fit through tolerance for sustained shifts, standing/patient-moving demands and willingness to care under supervision/procedures. RIASEC and similar tools only generate hypotheses, not replace actual task experience.
Positive signals： Positive signals: Medication checks item by item under procedures, repeated-operation accuracy, patience/empathy with patients and recording/reporting abnormalities through procedures.
Caution conditions： Caution conditions: Difficulty with shifts/physical demands, discomfort with blood/body fluids or serious illness, difficulty sustaining end-of-life/high-pressure work or impatience with detailed checking warrant caution.
Trial activities： Trial activity: Use an entirely fictional patient summary/order to complete vital-sign records, medication checks and abnormality reports; ask others to test reproducibility.
Risks and boundaries
Address risks through triggers, consequences, controls and escalation boundaries.
BLS/O*NET supports U.S. duties/state variation; OSHA supports occupational bloodborne-exposure controls. China's Nurses Regulation separately supports registration, privacy and questionable-order reporting; medical treatment follows applicable clinical procedures.
Typical scenario：When patient identification or institutional medication checks are not implemented.
Roles most affected：Medication and nursing roles
Possible consequence：Wrong medication or patient may cause harm.
How to reduce risk：Authorized personnel check under institutional medication/identification procedures, promptly referring doubts to responsible people; this is not a full clinical checklist.
Entry pathway
U.S. LPN/LVNs must complete state-approved education (typically about 1 year), pass examinations and obtain licensure. Mainland China nursing practice qualifications are regulated by health authorities; verify separately.
Entry stage: Under supervision in nursing/residential care, hospitals or clinics, measure vital signs, provide basic medication/dressings and keep records/handovers.
Market signals
BLS projects 2025—2035 growth about 3% (about +19,700 people), average annual openings about 51,800. These are occupational statistics, not individual hiring probabilities or recruitment samples.
U.S. nationwide · 29-2061.00 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
BLS and current O*NET both use 2025—2035: 666,900 in 2025 to about 686,700 in 2035; BLS separately lists net increase about 19,700 and annual openings 51,800. Endpoints/change are separately rounded; older periods are not retained as current comparisons.
Employment size and growth
Explain employment size, growth and openings separately.
Does not establish：Cannot serve as an individual employment guarantee.
LPN/LVNs provide basic care under RN/physician supervision: vital signs, ordered medication, dressings/wound care, samples, eating/mobility assistance and abnormality reports. Work is often in nursing/residential care, hospitals, clinics and homes, with shifts, prolonged standing and patient moving. BLS OOH describes basic medical care.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
This is an entirely fictional work-sample check, not a personality diagnosis, hiring conclusion or practice-qualification assessment.
Entirely fictional basic-care sample: Given a fictional patient summary, three vital-sign readings and a medication order, produce vital-sign records, medication-check records, a wound-dressing step description and an abnormality report within 60 minutes. Inputs must contain no real patient identity, medical-record numbers or identifying information.
Quality standards: accurate/reviewable medication/care records, timely vital signs/observations, infection-control/privacy compliance and complete abnormality reporting/handovers.
| Dimension | Primary track | Comparison track |
|---|---|---|
| Work loop | From handover checks to abnormality reports and handover | |
| Step one | Verify patients/orders at handover | |
| Step two | Measure and record vital signs | |
| Step three | Check medication using the five rights | |
| Step four | Dressings and basic care | |
| Step five | Collect samples and assist daily living | |
| Step six | Records and abnormality reporting |
Work objects: patient vital signs/symptoms, orders/medication lists, nursing/medication records, wounds/catheters and other care sites, samples/supplies and patient-safety/privacy requirements.
Inspectable outputs: vital-sign/observation records, medication/check records, wound/catheter-care records, sample collection/submission records, patient/family communication and abnormality reports.
Complete workflow: verify patients/orders at handover → measure/record vital signs → execute orders through check–administer–record → dressings/basic care → sample collection/daily-living assistance → update care records → report abnormalities and hand over.
Education, licensing, authorization and job permissions follow specific jurisdiction/institution verification. U.S. entry requires state-approved programs/licensing exams; mainland China follows health-authority rules. This page does not assess individual eligibility.
LPN/LVN work objects and AI boundaries AI/automated equipment may assist records and trend alerts, but licensed people retain medication checks, patient-status judgments, abnormality reporting and privacy.
| Primarily assist daily living, usually without licensure; LPN/LVNs provide licensed basic care. |
| Compare if you prefer care roles with lower entry thresholds. |
| Advanced Practice Nurses | Advanced practice nurses (nurse practitioners/anesthetists/midwives) need master's-level or higher education and have independent diagnosis/prescribing authority. LPN/LVNs provide supervised basic care without diagnostic/prescribing responsibility. | Have independent diagnosis/prescribing authority; LPN/LVNs do not diagnose or prescribe. | Compare if willing to invest in higher education and independent clinical practice. |
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| Nursing Teachers, Postsecondary | Postsecondary nursing teachers primarily teach courses, supervise clinical learning and research; LPN/LVNs perform front-line care without teaching/academic-evaluation responsibility. | Primarily teach/research; LPN/LVNs provide front-line care. | Compare if you prefer teaching and research. |
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First test objects, methods, boundaries and delivery with reviewable vital-sign, medication-check and reporting samples, then assess direction; income/personality does not produce a single ranking.
Turn comparisons into small care-checking/recording exercises that can be stopped.
State only specific assistable steps; a demonstration is not institutional adoption.
Verify patient privacy, data permissions, record sources and review responsibility; no single-occupation adoption rate is provided.
Without occupational job-outcome research, do not infer layoff timing, staffing changes or hiring probability.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medication and checks | Administer and check ordered medication | Editorial suggestion: Tools may organize records/generate reminders; current materials do not establish widespread care-institution adoption. | Check each item under institutional identification/medication procedures, confirm licensure/operating authorization and retain records. This page provides no complete clinical checklist. |
| Monitoring and records | Measure and record vital signs | May assist trend alerts and record organization | Verify patients, original readings, measurement times and records; promptly report abnormalities through procedures. |
| Wound and catheter care | Perform aseptic dressings and basic care | May assist care-checklist organization | Licensed personnel confirm procedures/results. |
| Abnormality reporting | Recognize and report abnormalities | May generate reminders, without automatic treatment | Judge/report under institutional procedures. |
Occupational sources describe LPN/LVN actual tasks/objects. Record tool capability, organizational adoption and job outcomes separately; wages/employment cannot replace AI evidence.
Effects differ by activity: generated record drafts/reminders are not directly executable medication or nursing orders.
AI primarily changesRecord/reminder drafts can be tested; time savings/clinical effects unverified
Human responsibility remainsMedication checks, patient identity and record responsibility
AI primarily changesMay assist trend alerts
Human responsibility remainsAbnormality judgments, reporting and clinical treatment
Human control points are revisiting orders/original monitoring data under institutional patient-identification/medication procedures, promptly reporting abnormalities and confirming state licensing/institutional authorization. AI cannot expand scope.
Confirm patient information, orders and rules; mark missing items unknown.
Use tools only for low-risk, reversible records/reminders.
Licensed personnel check medication, monitoring and records individually, retaining versions/change records.
Stop for privacy, patient safety or unauthorized actions and report through institutional procedures.
Incorrect records/medication directly affect patient safety
Control: Check original orders, retaining check/review records
Patient information is protected health information
Control: Restrict access under minimum-necessary principles and institutional policy
Treating reminders as treatment may delay reporting
Control: Licensed personnel judge and report as required
Practice vital signs, medication checks and reporting with fictional patients, without real medical records.
Treat AI outputs as drafts, retaining original orders, monitoring and review records.
Define privacy, patient safety, review and stopping conditions before considering adoption.
O*NET supports task breakdown for records, trend alerts and reminders. Assistance is a task hypothesis, not automated medication or diagnosis.
Source: O*NET 29-2061.00 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (detailed profile)Original source ↗
Licensed personnel must verify identity, orders and original monitoring data; outputs cannot replace human review/practice responsibility.
Source: O*NET 29-2061.00 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (detailed profile)Original source ↗
Neither task materials nor employment statistics independently establish elimination timing; no occupational AI adoption/job-outcome research is provided.
Source: BLS OOH：Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational NursesOriginal source ↗
Practice reversibly with fictional patients in isolated environments first, recording errors/human reviews without real patient information or records.
No Chinese wage definition exactly equivalent to LPN/LVN established; following figures are industry context only.
| Definition type | Value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Not separately measured | Institutional appointment | NBS wages use industry/registration type, not occupational education tiers. |
| Not separately measured | Institutional appointment | NBS wages use industry/registration type, not occupational education tiers. |
| Not separately measured | Institutional appointment | NBS wages use industry/registration type, not occupational education tiers. |
| Not separately measured | Institutional appointment | NBS wages use industry/registration type, not occupational education tiers. |
146,266 yuan/year
70,226 yuan/year
119,465 yuan/year
Insufficient evidence: No exact Chinese occupational wage distribution established; verified industry annual averages are context only, not individual starting pay/offers.
| $83,440/year |
| $40.12/hour |
| 90th-percentile boundary, not an individual offer. |
Pay · 10th percentile：$49,740/year；O*NET 29-2061.00 national wages (BLS OEWS display)
Pay · 25th percentile：$59,000/year；O*NET 29-2061.00 national wages (BLS OEWS display)
Pay · Median：$64,400/year；BLS OOH：Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Pay · 75th percentile：$76,030/year；O*NET 29-2061.00 national wages (BLS OEWS display)
Pay · 90th percentile：$83,440/year；O*NET 29-2061.00 national wages (BLS OEWS display)
USD/year; BLS 2025 nationwide, OEWS 2025 percentiles, all excluding individual take-home income.
2025 employment, not recruitment counts.
2025—2035 projected growth about 3%, not individual hiring probability.
Listed by BLS industry, not all workers' income.
| Industry | Industry and definition notes | How to interpret |
|---|---|---|
| Government (excluding state/local education/hospitals) | $68,970/year | May 2025 occupational industry median annual pay, not employment share. |
| Nursing and residential care facilities | $68,020/year | May 2025 occupational industry median annual pay, not employment share. |
| Home health care services | $63,580/year | May 2025 occupational industry median annual pay, not employment share. |
| Hospitals (public/private) | $61,160/year | May 2025 occupational industry median annual pay, not employment share. |
| Physicians' offices | $59,520/year | May 2025 occupational industry median annual pay, not employment share. |
State licensure required, with approved education/exams; follow state nursing boards.
BLS typical entry is a postsecondary nondegree award, related experience/OJT both None. Programs include supervised clinical experience, not licensing mainly through OJT.
States/institutions vary substantially; do not extrapolate across regions.
O*NET occupational interest baseline
Primarily Social and Conventional, as a hypothesis only.Observe helping-patient and procedural-work preferences through actual tasks.
Interests/work styles only help design trials, not judge qualifications, licensure or performance.
Check through work samples, without substituting labels for judgment.
O*NET shows mainly S (Social) and C (Conventional) interests, emphasizing helping others and following rules. These describe activity preferences only, not qualifications or performance.
Do not use it this way: These cannot establish hiring, qualifications or performance.
Start a career-interest trialCheck through work samples, without substituting labels for judgment.
O*NET lists cooperation, attention to detail, dependability and stress tolerance, with service orientation, communication and coordination skills. These describe job tendencies, not hiring/licensing standards.
Do not use it this way: Work styles are not Big Five measurements and cannot establish licensure/clinical ability.
Start a career-interest trialCheck through work samples, without substituting labels for judgment.
MBTI, Enneagram and similar type tools provide no occupational job evidence and serve only self-reflection; continue checking real tasks, boundaries and reviewable delivery.
Do not use it this way: These cannot establish hiring, qualifications or performance.
Start a career-interest trialCheck through work samples, without substituting labels for judgment.
Continue checking real tasks, responsibility boundaries and reviewable delivery.
Do not use it this way: These cannot establish hiring, qualifications or performance.
Start a career-interest trialCheck through work samples, without substituting labels for judgment.
Continue checking real tasks, responsibility boundaries and reviewable delivery.
Do not use it this way: These cannot establish hiring, qualifications or performance.
Start a career-interest trialCheck through work samples, without substituting labels for judgment.
Continue checking real tasks, responsibility boundaries and reviewable delivery.
Do not use it this way: These cannot establish hiring, qualifications or performance.
Start a career-interest trialFits better when: Willing to check medication/patient identification item by item under institutional procedures.
Watch for: Verify patient identity and authorization scope.
Fits better when: Willing to measure/record vital signs under procedures.
Watch for: Report abnormalities promptly.
Fits better when: Willing to provide aseptic dressings and basic care.
Watch for: Implement infection control and operating standards.
Fits better when: Willing to communicate with patients/families and assist daily living.
Watch for: Handle privacy and emotional support carefully.
Fits better when: Willing to record truthfully and hand over shifts well.
Watch for: Record errors affect subsequent care.
Fits better when: Willing to collaborate under RN supervision.
Watch for: Report matters beyond authorization.
Use this sample to assess sustained standing, patient moving and shift acceptance.
Honestly assess tolerance for trauma/critical illness.
Medication/records depend on consistent item-by-item checks.
Record abnormalities/escalation in paper trials. Real emergencies require timely responses under applicable emergency/institutional procedures; documentation must not delay aid.
Use patient information only within authorization and minimum necessity.
Clearly separate orders, procedures and judgments.
Provide traceable vital-sign, medication and handover records for authorized review.
Complete a vital-sign, medication and reporting exercise with fictional patients.
Evidence：O*NET 29-2061.00 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (detailed profile)
Typical scenario：When abnormal vital signs are not promptly recorded/reported.
Roles most affected：Monitoring and nursing roles
Possible consequence：Delayed treatment increases deterioration risk.
How to reduce risk：Immediately record/report to RNs/doctors under institutional thresholds, retaining a timeline.
Evidence：O*NET 29-2061.00 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (detailed profile)
Typical scenario：When standard precautions are absent during injections, dressings or body-fluid handling.
Roles most affected：Injection and wound-care roles
Possible consequence：Needlestick injuries/cross-infection affect patient and worker safety.
How to reduce risk：Follow standard precautions, proper waste handling and exposure reporting.
Evidence：OSHA：Bloodborne Pathogens
Typical scenario：When patient information, records or handovers disclose too broadly.
Roles most affected：Care-record and handover roles
Possible consequence：Violates privacy and affects trust/compliance.
How to reduce risk：Handle information under minimum necessity/privacy policy and restrict access.
Evidence：O*NET 29-2061.00 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (detailed profile)
Typical scenario：When assessment, medication or procedures exceed licensed authority.
Roles most affected：Supervised nursing roles
Possible consequence：Unauthorized procedures create liability/practice risks.
How to reduce risk：Stay within license scope; stop/refer to RNs/doctors beyond authorization.
Evidence：O*NET 29-2061.00 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (summary)
Typical scenario：When record drafts, reminders or trend alerts are accepted without checking.
Roles most affected：Record/reminder-use roles
Possible consequence：Incorrect records or missed abnormalities enter care workflows.
How to reduce risk：Review original orders/monitoring data and retain human-review records.
Evidence：O*NET 29-2061.00 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses (detailed profile)
Readiness evidence：Editorial suggestion: Demonstrate procedural checking/communication with reproducible vital-sign records, medication checks and abnormality reports.
Credential boundary：Destination license required.
Next moves：First verify state-approved education, licensing exams and target-institution procedural authorization. Clinical practice occurs under compliant-program supervision; nursing-assistant experience does not automatically authorize medication/dressings or LPN/LVN licensure.
Typical scope：Independently complete medication checks/records and identify reportable abnormalities.
Readiness evidence：Reviewable medication/vital-sign records.
Credential boundary：Within license scope.
Next moves：Some states allow experienced LPN/LVNs to supervise peers or unlicensed assistants, subject to both state/institutional requirements. RN transition requires relevant education, exams and registration; supervision experience does not automatically create a supervisory RN.
Typical scope：Coordinate shift care, handovers and patient-safety procedures.
Readiness evidence：Handover and safety records.
Credential boundary：Within license scope.
Next moves：Assess care processes/safety improvements.
Typical scope：Lead care standards, staffing and abnormality handling.
Readiness evidence：Reviewable care outcomes.
Credential boundary：Determined by institutional appointment.
Next moves：Maintain interprofessional collaboration continuously.
Typical scope：Provide long-term basic care in facilities.
Readiness evidence：Care and observation records.
Credential boundary：Within license scope.
Next moves：Know long-term-care standards.
Typical scope：Provide home basic care within state licensing/institutional supervision arrangements; distance from supervisors does not equal independent clinical practice.
Readiness evidence：Home-visit and care records.
Credential boundary：Within license scope.
Next moves：Verify home-care safety/boundaries.
Typical scope：Provide medication, dressings and procedural assistance in specialty clinics.
Readiness evidence：Outpatient care/procedure records.
Credential boundary：Within license scope.
Next moves：Add specialty-procedure training.
Typical scope：Lead one specialty's basic-care standards/quality control.
Readiness evidence：Specialty-care outcomes/records.
Credential boundary：Determined by institutional appointment.
Next moves：Create repeatable specialty procedures.
Typical scope：Assist training newly hired nursing staff.
Readiness evidence：Mentoring and feedback records.
Credential boundary：Under institutional requirements.
Next moves：Verify mentoring standards/evaluation.
Typical scope：Arrange shift care/abnormality handling under supervision.
Readiness evidence：Shift safety/handover records.
Credential boundary：Under institutional requirements.
Next moves：Build team-coordination experience.
Typical scope：Use bridge programs to obtain RN education/licensing requirements.
Readiness evidence：Program progress and clinical records.
Credential boundary：Under program/state rules.
Next moves：Verify target-state education/exam requirements.
Typical scope：Perform assessments, nursing diagnoses and fuller medication responsibilities.
Readiness evidence：Licensing/clinical-competence records.
Credential boundary：Determined by licensing and education.
Next moves：Maintain licenses/continuing education.
Confirm identity, orders, authorization and institutional rules.
Follow medication, identification and infection-control procedures within state/institutional authorization.
Create reviewable care/abnormality-report records.
Expand duties within licensing/authorization.
U.S. nationwide · 29-2061.00 (U.S. nationwide)
51,800/year
Projected average annual openings
Includes replacement/new demand, not currently recruiting positions.
Does not establish：Cannot serve as individual hiring probability.
U.S. nationwide · 29-2061.00 (U.S. nationwide)
$64,400/year
Median annual pay
BLS 2025 nationwide median, not starting/take-home pay.
Does not establish：Excludes individual take-home income.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Transferable capabilities: vital-sign measurement/recording, medication/checking, basic wound/catheter care, patient communication, infection control and procedural records.
Build next：Gaps to fill: destination licensing/continuing education or additional education for assessment/procedural authority (such as LPN-to-RN).
View career profileTransfers：Basic care and patient assistance.
Build next：Nursing-assistant duties are narrower; verify state certification/registration, without assuming no qualifications.
View career profileTransfers：Clinical nursing foundations.
Build next：Add RN foundations, graduate education and advanced-practice registration; verify state prescribing/independent-practice permissions.
View career profileTransfers：Clinical experience and communication.
Build next：Add teaching/research experience.
View career profileTransfers：Care records and procedures.
Build next：Add coding/health-information management knowledge.
View career profileTransfers：Specialty nursing foundations.
Build next：Add specialty certification/higher education.
View career profileLPN/LVNs provide supervised basic care; RNs assess and have fuller medication/procedural authority; nursing aides primarily support daily living and usually need no license; advanced practice nurses have master's-level or higher education and independent diagnosis/prescribing authority. Compare scope, responsibility and qualifications rather than titles alone.
Observable signals: procedural medication checks, repeated-operation accuracy, patience with patients and recording/reporting abnormalities. O*NET mainly S (Social) and C (Conventional) interests describe preferences only, not competence or license eligibility.
AI/automated equipment may assist record organization, vital-sign trends and reminders, but licensed people retain medication checks, patient-status judgments, abnormality recognition/reporting and privacy. Uses are task hypotheses, not widespread institutional adoption.
Human responsibilities include medication/patient-identity checks using the five rights, reviewing monitoring data/original orders, deciding immediate abnormality reporting, infection control/privacy and referring beyond-authority handling to RNs/doctors.
NBS publishes urban-unit annual average wages by industry without separately listing this occupation, so no reliably mapped nationwide occupational median is established. This page shows labeled industry proxies only, without filling gaps using proxies/U.S. figures.
BLS May 2025 nationwide data lists median annual pay USD 64,400 (about USD 30.96/hour), 10th through 90th percentiles USD 49,740—83,440 (O*NET-displayed 2025 OEWS). These are nationwide statistics, not individual take-home income or starting pay.
The U.S. side requires state-approved education (typically about 1 year) and licensing exams. Some employers require/prefer CPR or basic life support (BLS) certification. Mainland China nursing practice qualifications are managed by health authorities; verify separately.
Main risks include medication/identity errors, missed/delayed abnormal vital-sign reports, infection/needlestick risks, improper privacy/records and beyond-license procedures. Controls are procedural verification/records, standard precautions and required reporting.
BLS projects 2025—2035 growth about 3% (about +19,700 people), annual openings about 51,800. These are occupational projections, not individual hiring probabilities or recruitment samples.
If you tolerate shifts/physical demands and will provide procedural care under supervision, try a low-cost, entirely fictional nursing task package. Adjacent RN and other roles require corresponding education, licensing and authorization evidence.
Evidence for China, the United States and specific institutions is stated separately: do not combine pay, employment, licensing, privacy or AI conclusions across scopes. This LPN/LVN page provides career assessment and safe-trial information, not local law, clinical standards, practice licensing or professional advice. Any 'insufficient evidence' statement means only that a bounded search did not establish reliably corresponding data; do not fabricate figures using proxies or memory.
FermatMind research workflow
May 2025 wages; 2025—2035 outlook; accessed 2026-09-24
BLS OOH：Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
Limitations：U.S. definition establishes no Chinese mapping, wages or practice-license conclusions.
Limitations：Only for 29-2061.00/U.S. market; no Chinese mapping, wages or legal authorization.
Limitations：Only for 29-2061.00/U.S. market; tasks and local authorization vary.
Limitations：Displays BLS OEWS wages; percentiles are not starting pay. Retain displayed period, population, geography and units.
Limitations：Projections are not hiring guarantees; period differs from current BLS OOH.
Limitations：Recruitment mentions do not prove proficiency, adoption or automation shares.
Limitations：Industry averages are not occupational medians and exclude self-employed workers; no nationwide exact-occupation wage distribution established.
Limitations：An editorial scale is not adoption, layoffs, regulations or licensing evidence.
Limitations：Establishes no Chinese LPN/LVN equivalence.
Limitations：Not complete nursing or medication procedures.
Limitations：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Checked 2026-10-11: current BLS/O*NET 2025—2035 projections agree; five wage percentiles/industry pay verified. States determine medication/supervision scope; programs include supervised practice. China's Nurses Regulation and U.S. state licensing are separate; OSHA concerns occupational exposure only. Protected practical exercises, titles and older shared-source period notes were not overwritten beyond scope.
