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Licensed Practical Nursing

Licensed Practical Nursing. Presented by: Rachel Chinnock, Lindsey Dyer, Cheryl Hougland, Janna Martin, & Angie Webb. Who Can Become an LPN?. Anyone who is 18 years old or older Anyone who has a high school diploma or GED certificate Anyone who has not been convicted of a felony.

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Licensed Practical Nursing

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  1. Licensed Practical Nursing Presented by: Rachel Chinnock, Lindsey Dyer, Cheryl Hougland, Janna Martin, & Angie Webb

  2. Who Can Become an LPN? • Anyone who is 18 years old or older • Anyone who has a high school diploma or GED certificate • Anyone who has not been convicted of a felony

  3. Where Do LPN’s Attend School? • Vocational School • Technical School

  4. What do LPN’s learn in the classroom? • Nursing Concepts • Nutrition • Anatomy and Physiology • Nursing Principles and Skills • Pharmacology • Life Span Medical Terminology • Medical-Surgical Nursing • Maternal-Child Nursing • Mental Health Nursing http://www.wwtech.org/Classes/PN/pn.htm http://www.metrotech.org/full-time/cd-pn.html

  5. Laboratory practice of skills Clinical practice where laboratory skills and theory knowledge is applied Hospitals Nursing Homes Schools Day Care Centers What type of ‘hands-on’ training do LPN’s receive? http://www.wwtech.org/Classes/PN/pn.htm

  6. Learning Techniques Change With Time Future Trends • Virtual Classroom • Online Testing • Online Conferences http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/~bischoff/tln/tln2972.htm

  7. What does an LPN do? • care for the sick, injured, convalescent, and disabled • take vital signs • prepare and give injections and enemas • provide routine bedside care • may make appointments and keep records • perform other clerical duties http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos102.htm

  8. CURRENT JOBS Licensed practical nurses held about 700,000 jobs in 2000 1 in 5 worked part time JOBS AVAILABLE 32 openings in the Tulsa area 63 openings in the Oklahoma City area 149 openings in the Chicago area 35 openings in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area What job status can LPN’s expect? http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos102.htm Tulsa WorldDaily OklahomanChicago TribuneThe Dallas Morning News

  9. Where do LPN’s work? In the year 2000. . . • 29% of LPN’s worked in nursing homes • 28% worked in hospitals • 14% in physicians' offices and clinics • Others worked for home healthcare services, residential care facilities, schools, temporary help agencies, or government agencies http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos102.htm

  10. How much $$$ http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos102.htmhttp://www.bls.gov/oes/1999/d_heaw.pdf

  11. Future Employment Needs • Nursing home jobs expected to GROW • Hospital jobs expected to DECREASE • Clinic/Dr.office jobs expected to GROW • Home health jobs expected to GROW http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos102.htm

  12. LPN’s in Summary. . . • An LPN should be at least 18 years old. • LPN’s learn theory and clinical skills while attending a technical school. • In the future, LPN’s will be able to acquire more of their education online. • LPN’s will find decent paying jobs after licensure.

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