What is the work environment of a LVN?
The work environment of a LVN is in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient services and home-health care services. A LVN generally works a forty hours a week. Some patients require twenty-four hour assistance, so one may have to work nights, weekends, and holidays. Nursing involves prolonged standing, walking, lifting, bending, stooping and reaching. It is important for a LVN to be dependable, have good judgment, stability, and be able to follow detailed instructions.
