Licensed Practical
Nurse (LPN)
Duties
and Responsibilities:
Licensed practical
nurses work with the direction of registered nurses or physicians. They care
for the injured handicapped or the sick patients. They take temperatures, blood
pressures, and the pulses. They even give the patients injections, help them
change, and give the patients baths. They work in hospitals, nursing homes, and
extended care facilities. Some nurses work in in private homes for patients.
Salary: $16,000-$23,000
Education:
It is
encouraged that the nurses either have a GED or a high school diploma. Unlike registered
nurses LPNs don’t have the extensive profession education. Training programs
are offered at hospitals, vocational schools, junior colleges, and private
schools.
Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?
I would like
to be one because it seems like something I would like to do every day and I get
to help patients.
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