Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Duties and Responsibilities: Licensed practical nurses work with and under the direction of registered nurses and physicians.  They care for the injured, handicapped, and sick patients. Their duties are taking temperatures, blood pressures, and pulses. They give injections, change dressings, and help give the patients baths.   Most of all they care for patients in the hospitals, nursing homes, and extended care facilities. Some of the practical nurses work in homes of others.

Salary: $16,000 - $23,000

Education: Although a high school diploma or GED certificate is not always required, it is encouraged. Licensed practice nurses don’t have the extensive professional education that is required for a registered nurse.

Do you think you would like to be one? Why?Why not?
I think i would cause helping out wouldbe pretty nice feeling good for once in a while like helping out other like the sick for example.

Nurse Practitioner and

Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Duties and responsibilities:

Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialist and advanced practice registered nurses who have received special courses and training. They usually work closely with doctors and can perform many high-level primary care tasks. They often specialize in types of practice such as establish private practices; however, most work in doctor’s offices, hospitals, or neighborhood health centers. Duties often include:

•Talking detailed medical histories and performing complete physical exams.

•Providing diagnoses and recommending treatment plans.

•Treating detailed common medical conditions, illness, and injuries.

• Prescribing limited medications

•Counseling patients and families

Average salary: $39,000-$70,000

Educational requirements:

Students should take challenging high school courses in science, math, and English.

Students must complete all of the educational requirements to become a baccalaureate

prepared registered nurse. They must then complete additional master’s level training and

pass a certified examination.

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