How Do You Become A LVN Nurse?
Licensed vocational or practical nurses (LVN/LPN, these terms are interchangeable depending on the US state of practice) carry out basic nursing procedures to provide routine patient care. They can monitor catheters, give injections, dress wounds and assist with personal care tasks such as personal hygiene, exercise and feeding the patient. An LVN also collects and process some patient samples, carries out basic laboratory tests and may be involved in maintaining medical tools and machinery. LVNs do not normally specialize in a particular discipline but they can end up working in a specific medical specialty or environment, such as a doctor’s office. Complete a high school education. All nursing programs require competence in basic high school subjects such as English, Mathematics, and the Sciences. Additional subjects that will help during the LVN training include social studies, languages or physical education. The majority of LVN programs will accept a General Education Diploma (GED
