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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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How to Become a Nurse Later in Life 

Board Vitals - Nursing

Be careful if you’re considering shifting your aspiration from becoming a doctor to a nurse. With an aging global population, escalating healthcare expenses, and an increasing demand for home care, hospice services, and outpatient care centers, the need for competent, skilled, and dedicated nurses is on the rise.

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Nurse leaders of color: Candid conversations

American Nurse

Unfortunately, these statistics haven’t wavered much and continue at a time when nurses are retiring and leaving the workforce for various reasons, including fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. I applied to be the care program manager. I worked as a patient care tech and an EMT [emergency medical technician] in nursing school.

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and that's all I have to say about that

EDNurseasauras

Now that I'm retired, I don't miss the constant struggle of trying to do the job that I knew could, and should, be done. My younger self, 19 years old when I started nursing school, would not have survived it today had I not taken the path I did. I was taught to do EKG's and D/C IV's, do diabetic foot care and a host of other things.

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These Nursing Associations Connect You to Fellow Pros and Valuable Resources

Nurse.com

Ambulatory Care. American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN). Created in 1978 as a nonprofit educational forum, the AAACN works expand the reach of ambulatory care nurses to achieve a greater positive impact for patients. Critical Care. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). Dermatology.