Job Description:
One way to enter the exciting and challenging world of nursing is to become a Licensed Practical Nurse. Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN’s) care for the sick, injured, convalescing, and handicapped, under the direction of physicians and registered nurses. Most LPN’s provide basic bedside care. They take vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration. They help patients with personal hygiene, feed them, and record food and liquid intake and output, keep them comfortable, and care for their emotional needs.
Salary: $28,600 to $47,800
Education and Professional Requirements:
Less than 2 years. An applicant for a license to practice as a practical nurse must complete high school or equivalent, complete an approved program of practical nursing, and pass the NCLEX-PN exam.
Career Category: Nursing
Schools:
- Alabama Southern Community College
- Bevill State Community College – School of Health Sciences
- Bishop State Community College
- Calhoun Community College – Division of Health
- Central Alabama Community College
- Chattahoochee Valley Community College
- Gadsden State Community College
- Lawson State Community College
- Lurleen B. Wallace Community College
- Northeast Alabama Community College
- Northwest – Shoals Community College
- Reid State Technical College
- Shelton State Community College
- Southern Union State Community College
- Trenholm State Technical College
- Wallace Community College
- Wallace State Community College
- Wallace State Community College – Hanceville
Degree Required: Diploma
Professional Organizations:
Alabama Board of NursingNational League for Nursing