LPN Job Outlook - Alabama Nursing Schools and Nursing Programs

LPN Job Outlook

Employment opportunities for licensed practical nurses (LPN) are and will continue to be very good. Employment of licensed practical nurses in Alabama nursing care facilities is expected to grow faster than the average but overall, employment of LPN 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 healthcare.

Employment of licensed practical nurses is expected to grow much faster than average in Alabama home healthcare services. This growth is in response to 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.

Applicants for LPN jobs in hospitals may face competition as the number of hospital jobs for licensed practical nurses declines. Replacement needs will be a major source of LPN job openings, as many licensed practical nurses leave the occupation permanently.

An increasing proportion of sophisticated procedures, which once were performed only in hospitals, is being performed in physicians' offices and in outpatient care centers such as ambulatory surgical and emergency medical centers, due largely to advances in technology. Consequently, employment of licensed practical nurses is projected to grow faster than the average in these sectors as healthcare expands outside the traditional hospital setting.

Nursing care facilities will offer the most new jobs for licensed practical nurses as the number of aged and disabled persons in need of long-term care rises. In addition to caring for the aged and the disabled, licensed practical nurses in nursing care facilities will care for the increasing number of patients who will have been discharged from the hospital, but have not recovered enough to return home.

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Southern Union State Community College
1701 LaFayette Parkway, Opelika, Alabama 36801
NCLEX-PN 04-05: 100%
Nursing Programs : Practical Nursing (LPN), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Associate Degree in Nursing, Mobility Option for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN to RN), Mobility Option for Paramedics (Paramedic to RN), Registered Nursing (RN)