As Americans live longer, there’s a greater demand for nursing care. A licensed practical nurse (LPN) cares for the injured, sick, and disabled under the direction of a registered nurse or licensed physician. LPNs primarily provide bedside care, taking patients’ vital signs, preparing and administering enemas and injections, treating bedsores, and monitoring patients to report critical changes. Through LPN training, students learn how to collect samples, record fluid intake and output, administer prescribed medications, and start intravenous fluids. LPNs, who … Read the rest