目錄
簡介 Intro
執業護士通常在醫生，註冊護士或其他醫療團隊成員的指導下提供護理。他們受僱於醫院，療養院，長期護理機構，康復中心，醫生辦公室，診所，公司，私人住宅和社區衛生服務中心。手術室技術員也包含在本單元組。
Licensed practical nurses provide nursing care usually under the direction of medical practitioners, registered nurses or other health team members. They are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, extended care facilities, rehabilitation centres, doctors’ offices, clinics, companies, private homes and community health centres. Operating room technicians are included in this unit group.
在所有司法管轄區的執業護士不需要在醫生或註冊護士的指導下工作。
Working under the direction of a medical practitioner or registered nurse is not required for licensed practical nurses in all jurisdictions.
主要職責 Main Duties
執業護士執行部分或全部下列職責：Licensed practical nurses perform some or all of the following duties:
- 根據患者的評估和護理計劃程序，在規定的執業範圍，為患者提供護理服務
- Provide nursing services, within defined scope of practice, to patients based on patient assessment and care planning procedures
- 執行護理措施，如生命體徵，應用無菌技術，包括無菌敷料，確保感染控制，監測營養攝入和進行標本採集
- Perform nursing interventions such as taking vital signs, applying aseptic techniques including sterile dressing, ensuring infection control, monitoring nutritional intake and conducting specimen collection
- 管理藥物，並觀察和記錄治療效果
- Administer medication and observe and document therapeutic effects
- 提供手術前和手術後的個人及舒適護理
- Provide pre-operative and post-operative personal and comfort care
- 監視呼吸治療和靜脈注射治療
- Monitor established respiratory therapy and intravenous therapy
- 監控患者的進展，評估護理措施的有效性和向適當的醫療團隊成員諮詢
- Monitor patients’ progress, evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and consult with appropriate members of healthcare team
- 向個人和他們的家庭提供安全和健康教育。
- Provide safety and health education to individuals and their families.
手術室技術員執行部分或全部下列職責：Operating room technicians perform some or all of the following duties:
- 對患者的手術區域進行洗滌，備皮和消毒，為患者做好術前準備工作
- Prepare patients for surgery by washing, shaving and sterilizing the patients’ operative areas
- 協助外科醫生準備儀器，設備，協助手術團隊準備保護袍及手套，並向外科醫生傳遞儀器
- Assist in surgery by laying out instruments, setting up equipment, assisting surgical teams with gowns and gloves and passing instruments to surgeons
- 清潔和消毒手術室和儀器。
- Clean and sterilize the operating room and instruments.
任職要求 Employment Requirements
- 執業護士必需完成一個職業，大學或其他經批准的課程。
- Completion of a vocational, college or other approved program for licensed practical nurses is required.
- 所有的省份和地區都要求取得監管機構註冊。
- Registration with a regulatory body is required in all provinces and territories.
- 在所有的省份和地區（魁北克省除外），都要求通過加拿大實習護士註冊考試。
- Completion of the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination is required in all provinces and territories except Quebec.
- 手術室技術員需要額外的手術室技術的學術訓練或在職培訓。
- Operating room technicians require either additional academic training in operating room techniques or on-the-job training.
所有職稱 All Titles
- 合格的護士助理（CNA） certified nursing assistant (CNA)
- CNA（註冊護士助理） CNA (certified nursing assistant)
- 畢業的護士助理 graduate nursing assistant
- L.P.N. （執業護士） L.P.N. (licensed practical nurse)
- 執業護士助理 licensed nursing assistant
- 執業實用護士（L.P.N.的） licensed practical nurse (L.P.N.)
- 護士助理（登記 – 魁北克） nursing assistant (registered – Québec)
- 手術室技師 operating room technician
- 手術室技術員 – 護理 operating room technician – nursing
- R.N.A. （註冊護士助理） R.N.A. (registered nursing assistant)
- R.P.N. （註冊實用護士） R.P.N. (registered practical nurse)
- 註冊護士助理（R.N.A.） registered nursing assistant (R.N.A.)
- 註冊實用護士（R.P.N.的） registered practical nurse (R.P.N.)
- 手術助手，護理 surgical assistant, nursing
- 外科護理助手 surgical nursing assistant
- 手術技師 – 護理 surgical technician – nursing
- 技術員，手術室 – 護理 technician, operating room – nursing
- 技術員，手術 – 護理 technician, surgical – nursing
不包括職稱 Exclusions
- 家庭保健助手（家庭支援人員，管家和相關職業） Home health aides (in 4412 Home support workers, housekeepers and related occupations )
- 護士助手，勤務兵和病人的服務聯營公司（Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates 3413