LPN Career Information

I want to know about the Licensed Practical Nurse Career Information so please can you give me the LPN Career Information and provide me the page where I can get the information of LPN Career?

A licensed practical nurse, working under the direction of registered nurses and doctors, cares for patients who are sick, injured, convalescing or disabled.

Required qualification

The first step toward a career as a licensed practical nurse is completion of a state-approved, year-long, training program

Following are job area of a LPN
Dressing wounds
Helping patients bathe and dress
Feeding patients
Providing basic bedside care
Measuring and recording vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration
Preparing and giving enemas and injections

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Licensed Practical Nurse is integral members of the health care team; they work under the direction of a physician, dentist, or registered nurse. They are also known as a licensed vocational nurse (LVN). The functions of LPN are as following:

Providing basic bedside care
Measuring and recording vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration
Preparing and giving enemas and injections
Dressing wounds
Helping patients bathe and dress
Feeding patients

Employment areas:
Hospitals
Outpatient Care Centers
Medical Clinics
Doctor’s Offices
Home Health Care
Assisted Living Facilities

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