Licensed Practical Nurse

Licensed Practical Nurse

Duties and Responsibilities: There are a lot of duties this job obtains. The LPN will more in likely be the first medical professional to work with a patient. With writing down the patient’s history is one of the first duties. But that’s not the only duty they do there are many other tasks they do which include:

·         Giving medication as prescribed by a physician

·         Taking vital signs, such as blood pressure, temperature, and weight

·         Basic wound care including cleaning and bandaging injured areas

·         Giving injections of medication

·         Immunizations

·         Taking medical histories

·         Entering information into computer systems

Salary: $46,137

Education: if you want to be a licensed practical nurse you have to be at least 18 years old, drugs-free, have a high school diploma and a clean criminal record meet the basic requirements for entering a training program. After passing everything you can find jobs at doctor offices, hospitals, where they take care of old people. Because the required training time is relatively short and the opportunities for employment are plentiful, an increasing number of people are considering a career as an LPN.

No I would not like to be a practical nurse. I am not big on working with people. People are sometimes mean that’s why I choose to stay anti-social sometimes but then again it could get lonely. But hey you can’t have everything in the world.