Licensed Practical Nurse
Education
Licensed practical
nurse education includes program
that prepares
individuals to
provide nursing care under the direction of a RN
which
stand for registered
nurse or a dentist or even a physician.
Licensed
practical nurse
educationis all about
educating oneself. As even if one
has a bachelor
degree in nursing these programs involves
on-the-job
training and
informal training with workers who are already
experienced.
That means a LPN has
to work under another experienced
licensed
practical
nurse.
In licensed
practical nurse program one is thought to take vital
signs of
patients, applying
dressings and even to assist with treatment
and
examination of
patients. Licensed practical nurses are also referred
to
as vocational
practical nurse. LPNs work in almost all healthcare
areas
like nursing homes,
doctor’s offices, hospitals, home care and
many
more.
To pursue a licensed
practical nurse program a high school diploma or
a
GED (General
Education Development) is required. There are
almost
1500 technical,
vocational and community colleges that offer
licensed
practical nurse
programs. Anatomy, nursing fundamentals,
mental
health, psychology,
practical internships etc is included in
the Licensed
practical nurse
education programs. Those who
want to become a
licensed practical
nurse should be caring, sympathetic, and should
have
good communication
skills and sound decision making capabilities
all
these qualities
helps in the nursing field. Different training courses
like
pharmacology,
hearing impaired patients, hand hygiene etc are
available
for licensed
practical nurses. LPNs always have the opportunity
to
continue education
and earn certificates in areas such as long
term
care. Though the
programs to become a licensed practical nurse
may
spread over only a
year but LPNs can specialize in particular health
care
areas and can also
work in variety of health care settings. As there is
a
dearth of trained
nurses LPNs can pursue advanced training programs
if
they want to become
Registered nurses.
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