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LPN Jobs in AlabamaLicensed practical nurses (LPN) hold over 725,000 jobs in the United States. About 27 percent of licensed practical nurses work in hospitals, 25 percent in nursing care facilities, and another 12 percent in offices of physicians. Other practical nurses work for home health care services, employment services, community care facilities for the elderly, public and private educational services, outpatient care centers and federal, state, and local government agencies. About one in five licensed practical nurses works part time. Nursing care facilities offer the most new LPN jobs. Alabama applicants for jobs in hospitals may face competition as the number of hospital jobs for licensed practical nurses declines. Fast employment growth is projected in other health care industries, with the best job opportunities for practical nurses occurring in nursing care facilities and in home health care services. Employment of licensed practical nurses is expected to grow about as fast as the average for all occupations through 2014 in response to the long-term care needs of an increasing elderly population and the general growth of health care services. Replacement needs will be a major source of job openings for practical nurses, as many workers leave the occupation permanently. Employment of licensed practical nurses in Alabama hospitals is expected to continue to decline. Sophisticated procedures once performed only in hospitals are being performed in physicians' offices and in outpatient care centers such as ambulatory surgical and emergency medical centers, largely because of advances in technology. The number of jobs for LPN in most health care industries outside the traditional hospital setting is projected to grow faster than average . Employment of practical nurses in Alabama is expected to grow much faster than the average in home health care services. Home health care agencies will offer the most new jobs for licensed practical nurses because of an increasing number of older persons with functional disabilities, consumer preference for care in the home, and technological advances that make it possible to bring increasingly complex treatments into the home. The number of jobs for LPN in Alabama nursing care facilities is expected to grow as well because of the growing number of aged and disabled persons in need of long-term care. In addition, licensed practical nurses in nursing care facilities will be needed to care for the increasing number of patients who have been discharged from the hospital but who have not recovered enough to return home. Featured Nursing School |
Samford's Nursing School Named One of Four 'Centers of Excellence' in Nation Alabama - Samford University's Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing has been named a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing. The school was one of four nursing programs in the nation to receive the designation during the NLN's annual Education Summit in Baltimore, Md. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the promotion of excellence in nursing education. The Samford program was cited for its demonstrated excellence in "Creating Environments that Promote Student Learning and Professional Development." It will carry the Center of Excellence designation for three years. Read more about Samford's Nursing School. |
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