Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Duties and responsibilities: Work with and under the direction of registered nurses and
physicians. They care for injured, handicapped, and sick patients.
Their duties include taking temperatures, blood pressures, and pulses.
They also give injections, change dressings, and help give patients baths.
Salary: $16,000 – $23,000
Education: Although a high school
diploma or GED certificate is not always required, it is encouraged. LPNs
do not have the extensive professional education that is required for a
registered nurse. State approved training programs are offered by the
hospitals, vocational schools, junior colleges and private schools. A
person can generally become an LPN with one year of training; all U.S state and
territorial boards also require passage of the NCLEX-PN exam.
Reflection: I would probably consider being a lpn, because is related with
medicine and health.
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