Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

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Licensed practical nurses check vital signs, give medicines, change dressings and help patients with daily care. Many work in nursing homes, home health and doctors' offices. It's a fast way into nursing, and many LPNs later bridge to become RNs.

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High school courses that build toward it

• Child Development · Career and Technical

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

• Health and Wellness · Health and PE

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

• Psychology · Social Studies

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

• English 10 · English

  Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

• Statistics · Math

  Builds math, which this job uses.

• Anatomy and Physiology · Science

  Builds health and medicine, which this job uses.

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