Licensed Practical Nurse

             Licensed Practical Nurse

Duties and Responsibilities:

They work with and under the direction of registered nurses, and physicians. They take care of handicaps, injured, and sick patients. They have a lot of responsibilities with patients like checking there pulse, high blood pressure, and checking there temperature. They inject patients, change their clothes, and bath the patients. Their responsibility entirely is to take care of the patients in nursing homes, hospitals, and care facilities.

Average Salary:  $16,000- $ 23,000

Education:

Sometimes a high school diploma or GED is not always required, it is encouraged.  LPNs do not have the extensive professional education that is required for a registered nurse.  State approved training programs are offered by the hospitals, vocational schools, junior colleges and private schools. 

I do not think the I would like to be a licensed practical nurse because I wouldn't like to be changing the patients and having to put injections on the patients. 

                                         

Physical Therapist

Physical Therapist  Duties and Responsibilities: Physical Therapists help patients restore bodily functions, prevent permanent disability, and relieve pain after an injury or illness.  Therapy can include work and massage to increase strength, coordination, and range of motion.  Therapists also apply traction and heat, cold, light, and water treatments.  They also train patients to use prosthetic and othotic appliances.  Physical therapists are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, schools, and physicians' offices. Average Salary:  $25,000 - $45,000 Educational Requirements: Students who want to become physical therapists should take the most challenging high school math, science, and English courses.  To become a licensed physical therapist, most states require students to earn a master's degree and pass a certification examination.

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