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Licensed Practical Nurses: Advancing, Succeeding & Achieving

American Nurse

There are over 630,000 active licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPNs) in the United States and 2,700 are in the State of Delaware. Over 171,000 LPNs work in long-term care facilities, which is ranked as the number one field of nursing that LPNs are offered employment. Reflect often on why you became a nurse.

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Mental Health Nursing Fast-Growing Field With Diverse Possibilities

Nurse.com

You can choose from a surprising array of care settings: inpatient psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, schools, long-term care centers, or even correctional facilities. You can care for pediatric patients, students, adults, or geriatric patients. Inpatient hospital units.

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Project ECHO and the geriatric healthcare workforce

American Nurse

Project ECHO connects rural clinicians in primary care and long-term care settings with an interprofessional team of specialists via videoconferencing sessions. A second ECHO line for long-term care facility teams (Nursing Home STRONG ECHO) began in 2020. 2021 profile of older Americans.

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Healthcare Staffing and 1099 Misclassification: Lawsuit Roundup

IntelyCare

In 2021, it launched a specific initiative to address employee misclassification in residential care, nursing facilities, home health services, and other providers in the post-acute care industry. If you have legal questions, you should seek the advice of an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction.

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Washington Veterans Affairs Nurse Aims to Deepen Her Impact with MSN – Case Management Specialization

Post University

That was a perfect introduction to caring for patients and human interaction, and it was a short time commitment to get started, she says. The Seattle area had high demand for certified nursing assistants (CNA), so Kayla had no trouble finding a job in long-term care and rehabilitation.

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Patient care assistant training

American Nurse

Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that 195,400 RNs will leave the nursing profession from 2021 to 2031. Addressing this predicted nursing shortage will require innovative approaches and the support of well-trained assistive healthcare personnel, including patient care assistants (PCAs).

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What Is a Speech Language Pathologist & What Do They Do?

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Setting Percentage 4 Education services 42% Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists and audiologists 25% Hospitals 14% Nursing and residential care facilities 4% Self-employed workers 3% Most speech-language pathologists work in an educational setting as part of early intervention programs, preschools or K-12 schools.