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Licensed Vocational Nurses can register with their school placement center for job leads.
Direct application to employers remains one of the most effective job search methods.
Most LVNs are employed in two industries: Nursing and Personal Care Facilities and Offices and Clinics of Medical Doctors.
-Search these yellow page headings for listings of private firms
-The school placement office may be able to help students find a job.
- Hospitals
Interested individuals can apply directly to hospitals, clinics, and other institutions.
Home Health Agencies
-To get a job in home health care, candidates can contact local hospitals and clinics. These facilities usually maintain lists of practical nurses. When a patient needs private care, hospitals suggest someone from their lists.
Physician's Offices
-They can also check with private employment agencies that specialize in medical job placements.
-Nursing Homes
-Clinics
Employment opportunities also are present in ambulatory care clinics, home health agencies, and acute care facilities.
-Long-term Care Facilities
Many LVNs work in long-term care facilities with the elderly which include rehabilitative care, long-term geriatric care, and caring for acutely ill clients who are recovering from major physical challenges.
-Hospice Agencies
-Residential Care Facilities
-Schools
-Government Agencies
-Community Agencies
-Registries
-Newspaper want ads and job banks on the Internet often carry listings for licensed practical nurses. Search the classifieds for nurses needed just in your area.
-Most of these headings can also be found in the Internet section of the yellow pages for an online search. The internet is a great source for classifieds from other cities and towns.
Healthcare is growing and they need qualified, competent licensed nurses to fill care for patients.
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| Benefits of Vocational Nursing
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Benefits usually include vacation, sick leave,medical and dental insurance, and retirement plans.
Additional Vocational Nursing Benefits:
Flexibility:
LVN's can work different shifts to fit their needs day, evening and nights shifts are available.
LVN's can work in a variety of settings:
a clinic, doctor's office, hospital, skilled nursing facility, long term care, corrections, home health care or even work for a nursing registry and schedule their own day and hours.
High demand and good pay
With vocational LVN’s in high demand, the benefits of vocational nursing school are endless. Clinical facilities are pleased to provide qualified applicants with numerous job offers and high competitive salaries
Potential to progress your education
Where can the job lead?
Experienced LVNs can be promoted to supervisory or administrative positions or take additional training for clinical specialties.
With additional education and passing the licensure examination, they can become registered nurses, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants.
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The first step is to decide if this is the kind of work you want to do.
Job satisfaction and willingness to stay on the job usually comes from doing work that holds your interest.
People who like LVN work usually have a social interest. This means they truly like to help others, talk to them, teach them how to do things, and provide services.
Dependability, good judgment, adaptability, and emotional stability, are important for success.
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| Licensed Vocational Nurse working conditions
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Licensed Vocational Nurses work in hospitals, long-term care, private homes, physicians’ offices,clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, and emergency medical centers, often around technical medical equipment.
Most hospitals are well lit, ventilated, and have good equipment. Conditions in some work areas may be crowded and noisy.
Most licensed vocational nurses in hospitals and nursing care facilities work a 40-hour week, but because patients need around-the-clock care, some work nights, weekends, and holidays.
Some hospitals have 16-hour (double) shifts; overtime wages may be paid after the first eight hours.
Nursing involves prolonged standing, a lot of walking, some lifting, bending, stooping and reaching.
LVNs may face hazards from caustic chemicals, radiation, and infectious diseases such as hepatitis. They are subject to back injuries when moving patients and shock from electrical equipment.
Other dangers include cuts from instruments, and exposure to infection and communicable diseases. They often must deal with the stress of heavy workloads. In addition, the patients they care for may be confused, irrational, agitated, or uncooperative. |
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| How to become a Licensed Vocational Nurse
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In 2006, approximately 1,200 State-approved programs provided training in practical nursing. Most training programs are available from technical and vocational schools, or from community and junior colleges.
Other programs are available through high schools, hospitals, and colleges and universities.
A high school diploma or its equivalent usually is required for entry, although some programs accept candidates without a diploma or are designed as part of a high school curriculum.
Although each state has its own requirements for nurses, in general, one should have a high school diploma and no criminal record before pursuing an LPN program.
Most practical nursing programs last about 1 year and include both classroom study and supervised clinical practice (patient care).
Classroom study covers basic nursing concepts and patient care-related subjects, including anatomy, physiology, medical-surgical nursing, pediatrics, obstetrics, psychiatric nursing, the administration of drugs, nutrition, and first aid. Clinical practice usually is in a hospital, but sometimes includes other settings.
All States require LVNs to pass a licensing examination after completing a State-approved vocational nursing program.
Upon successful completion of the program, graduates receive a certificate or diploma in practical nursing; they then sit for the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX-PN).
Throughout their careers, LPNs must renew their license through continuing education courses.
Licensed practical nurses can take extra courses to specialize in one field, such as the care of newborn infants. With further training, they may become registered nurses. |
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| Important skills, knowledge, and abilities for LVNs
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LPNs should have a caring, sympathetic nature and possesses strong communication skills. They should be emotionally stable because working with the sick and injured can be stressful. They also should have keen observational, decision-making, and communication skills
As part of a health care team, they must be able to follow orders, detailed instructions and work under close supervision.
-Physically demanding aspects of this type of work include lifting patients and dealing with heavy equipment
-Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to
understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
-Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
-Speaking
Talking to others to convey information effectively.
-Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
-Judgment and Decision Making
Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
-Medicine and Dentistry
Knowledge of symptoms, treatment and treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures that relate to medicine and dentistry.
-Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
-Psychology
Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; and learning and motivation.
-Problem Sensitivity
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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| What do Vocational Nurses do?
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The LVN utilizes scientific and technical expertise and manual skills.
Tasks can vary greatly, depending on where they work.
Usually, an LPN can perform an array of medical procedures—from first aid to minor surgery—but can do so only under the supervision of a physician or an RN.
-Most LPNs provide basic bedside care, taking vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
-Apply compresses, ice bags, and hot water bottles.
-Prepare and give injections and enemas, monitor catheters, helps patients perform routine activities, such bathing, and dressing, and give alcohol rubs and massages.
-Assist patients to walk and turn.
-Carefully monitor patients and report unfavorable reactions to medication or treatment to the supervising RN or physician.
-Feed patients, and record food and fluid intake and output.
-Assemble and use such equipment as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and oxygen suppliers.
-Collect samples, such as urine, blood, and sputum, from patients for testing and perform routine laboratory tests.
-Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.
-Some LPNs help to deliver, care for, and feed infants.
-Experienced LPNs may supervise nursing assistants and aides.
-In addition to providing routine bedside care, LPNs in nursing care facilities help to evaluate residents’ needs, develop care plans, and supervise the care provided by nursing aides.
-In doctors’ offices and clinics, they also may make appointments, keep records, and perform other clerical duties.
-LPNs who work in private may cook for their patients, keep rooms orderly, see that
patients are comfortable and in good spirits, and teach other family members simple nursing tasks.
-After specialized training, LVNs may work in psychiatry, surgery, intensive care, or coronary care.
-In some employment settings, such as nursing homes, LPNs can advance to become charge nurses who oversee the work of other LPNs and of nursing aides.
-Some LPNs also choose to become registered nurses through numerous LPN-to-RN training programs. |
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| Is the Vocational Nursing Profession a growing career?
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Employment of LPNs is expected to grow about as fast as average for all occupations in response to the long-term care needs of an increasing elderly population and the general growth of health care services. Replacement needs will be a major source of job openings, as many workers leave the occupation permanently.
Employment of LPNs in hospitals is expected to continue to decline.
Sophisticated procedures once performed only in hospitals are being performed in physicians’ offices and in outpatient care centers such as ambulatory surgical and emergency medical centers, largely because of advances in technology. Consequently, employment of LPNs in most health care industries outside the traditional hospital setting is projected to grow faster than average.
Employment of LVN's in nursing homes is expected to grow faster than average as well.
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 |
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