From Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses to …

Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Licensing required.

Typical skills in this occupation (O*NET)

Service OrientationSocial PerceptivenessCoordinationCustomer and Personal ServiceEnglish LanguageMonitoringSpeakingActive Listening

1. Registered Nurses

   Close match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Psychology, Customer and Personal Service, Medicine and Dentistry, English Language, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   WritingAdministrative

   18 live listings on JOBUS in California

   • Registered Nurse - Pre/Post Anesthesia Care Unit · Veterans Health Administration · Los Angeles, CA
   • Nurse (Occupational Health) · Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Port Hueneme, CA
   • Nurse (Clinical/OB-GYN) · Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Fort Irwin, CA

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2. Nurse Practitioners

   Close match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Medicine and Dentistry, English Language, Psychology, Customer and Personal Service, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   BiologyComplex Problem SolvingWriting

   9 live listings on JOBUS in California

   • Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner) · Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · California
   • Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Anesthetist) · Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · San Diego, CA
   • Advanced Practice Nurse (Psychiatric) · Indian Health Service · Polacca, AZ

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3. Acute Care Nurses

   Close match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Medicine and Dentistry, Customer and Personal Service, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Service Orientation, Speaking

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   Education and TrainingComplex Problem SolvingWriting

   18 live listings on JOBUS in California

   • Registered Nurse - Pre/Post Anesthesia Care Unit · Veterans Health Administration · Los Angeles, CA
   • Nurse (Occupational Health) · Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Port Hueneme, CA
   • Nurse (Clinical/OB-GYN) · Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Fort Irwin, CA

   See jobs on JOBUS

4. Nursing Assistants

   Close match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Service Orientation, Customer and Personal Service, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, English Language, Monitoring

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   Administration and ManagementPublic Safety and SecurityEducation and TrainingTherapy and Counseling

   3 live listings on JOBUS in California

   • Nursing Assistant Spinal Cord Injury V1 · Veterans Health Administration · Long Beach, CA
   • Nursing Assistant (Intermittent) · Veterans Health Administration · Mather, CA
   • NURSING (OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH) (ACCELERATED HIRE) · Army National Guard Units · Rancho Cordova, CA

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5. Critical Care Nurses

   Good match

   ✓ Skills commonly used in both roles

   Medicine and Dentistry, Customer and Personal Service, Monitoring, Psychology, English Language, Service Orientation

   ＋ Skills often needed to add

   Biology

   18 live listings on JOBUS in California

   • Registered Nurse - Pre/Post Anesthesia Care Unit · Veterans Health Administration · Los Angeles, CA
   • Nurse (Occupational Health) · Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Port Hueneme, CA
   • Nurse (Clinical/OB-GYN) · Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Fort Irwin, CA

   See jobs on JOBUS

Occupation data: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. JOBUS modified the data for display.