The Bureau of Labor Statistics describes the licensed practical nurse's job in one sentence that most candidates skip past. "States determine the extent to which LPNs and LVNs must be directly supervised." The same BLS profile notes that in some states an LPN with proper training may give medication or start an IV drip.

That supervision line explains most LPN interview questions. A nurse manager hiring an LPN is testing two things at once. Can this person deliver basic care well, and does this person know exactly where their license ends? A candidate who answers every scenario as though they were the RN fails the second test while sounding confident on the first.

This guide groups the questions you are likely to hear, says what each group is checking, and shows how to answer clinical scenarios in a structure nurses already use on the floor.

What do LPN interview questions actually test?

LPN interview questions test whether you can do the job the BLS describes, inside the limits your state sets.…