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Licensed Practical Nurse


Job Description

Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) work under the direct supervision of RNs and physicians but are capable of performing most patient care tasks. These tasks include taking patients’ vital signs, temperature, blood pressure, and patient bathing. The only RN-specific tasks that LPNs are not able to do are to administer IVs, push pharmaceuticals, and hang the first unit of blood. LPNs are called Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) in Texas and California.


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$40,000


Education Requirements

Most LPNs complete a one-year LPN program usually offered at a vocational or technical school.


Job Outlook

Like most nursing specialties, licensed practical nurses are in high demand and job growth in this specialty is expected to remain steady over the next ten years.
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Well I guess it depends on what part of the country you work in.  Some of the large hospitals in my city have or are phasing LPN's out.  I have a friend who just graduated as an LPN and she had to quit working at one hospital because they would not hire her.  She ended up working in a extended care facility.
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i heard also they throwing away the LPN... well i am a practical nursing graduate in the philippines last april and i just moved here in california..i am married and for now i am looking forward about the licensure exam here but still cant find a way..can anyone help me how can i get a licensed or if i am able to take the exam since i graduted on different country..thanks
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This is a great description of LPN's, I know in our area most of the LPN's here work in nursing homes and medical clinics.  The RN's get the hospital jobs.  So if I decidedto live here I will definetly have to further my education to get into the hospital.

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i heard also they throwing away the LPN... well i am a practical nursing graduate in the philippines last april and i just moved here in california..i am married and for now i am looking forward about the licensure exam here but still cant find a way..can anyone help me how can i get a licensed or if i am able to take the exam since i graduted on different country..thanks



 


Contact the CA state board of nursing.
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great info here

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