LPN Courses: What You’ll Learn In Nursing School

Nursing is a great career, and becoming an LPN is one of the best ways to break into it.  Instead of spending four years getting an RN degree, and going into massive debt to pay for it, you can be a licensed, certified LPN in about a year, and get out and start doing what you love.  Plus, you’ll make good money.  It’s hard to beat that combination, and if you want, you can always go on later to get your RN degree.  Here’s a brief overview of LPN courses you’ll take in the typical training program.

One of the best thing about LPN training is that you’ll be taking strictly LPN courses, and won’t have to worry about boring classes like world history or sociology.  Everything is geared toward getting you read to take care of patients in a medical setting.  So you’ll be taking courses in anatomy, covering such topics as the skeletal structure of the human body.  You’ll also learn some chemistry, although it won’t be as in depth or complicated as a chemistry class in medical school.  You’ll also learn what goes on in the operating room, and how to assist in a surgery.

One of the most common reasons for hospitalization is pregnancy, so some of your LPN courses will cover obstetrics, and how to assist in the delivery of a baby, and caring for the mother and newborn after the birth.  And many of your courses will be on common techniques and procedures you’ll be responsible for performing as a licensed practical nurse – things like CPR, taking blood pressure, administering medicine, giving shots, etc.  LPN programs have one goal – to take a person with zero medical training to a highly professional nurse in a year’s time.  You’ll learn everything you need in order to pass the N-CLEX and get certified, and start your exciting career as an LPN.

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