What is a Licensed Vocational Nurse?
- LPNs, or Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs), as they are called in Texas and California, are entry-level health care providers who care for the sick, injured, convalescent, and disabled under the direction of physicians and registered nurses. They provide basic care, taking vital signs, temperature, blood pressure, and pulse, and assist with bathing patients, monitoring catheters, and applying dressings.
What are the benefits of Vocational Nursing?
- Flexible hours
- Good pay
- Different work environments available
- Job security
- High demand
What are the employment opportunities?
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Employment of LVN's is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through 2010 in response to the long-term care needs of a rapidly growing elderly population and the general growth of healthcare. Replacement needs will be a major source of job openings, as many workers leave the occupation permanently.
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Employment of LVN's in nursing homes is expected to grow faster than average. Nursing homes will offer the most new jobs for LVN's as the number of aged and disable person in need of long-term care rises. In addition to caring for the aged and disabled, nursing homes will be called on to care for the increasing number of patients who have been discharged from the hospital but who have not recovered enough to return home.
For more information on the LVN career go to:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, on the Internet at:
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos102.htm
Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians at: http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/factvn.htm
Discover Nursing at:
http://www.discovernursing.com/default.aspx |
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