Start a rewarding career as a Licensed Practical Nurse in NYC.
At AMG School of Nursing, we are committed to giving qualified candidates interested in pursuing a nursing career in nursing, the knowledge and skills they will need to serve as Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) within the healthcare industry. AMG offers a fully accredited LPN credit bearing program. Courses taken at our institution are transferable to any other institution of higher learning.
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The Role of LPNs in the Healthcare Industry
LPNs play crucial roles within the healthcare industry. They work in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and private practice, in addition to other healthcare provider settings, under the supervision of licensed doctors and registered nurses. They are intricately involved in the day-to-day procedures that are vital to patient care.
LPN patient responsibilities include:
- Monitoring for positive/negative responses and beneficial/adverse reactions to medications and therapies
- Taking and recording temperature and vital signs
- Overseeing nutritional intake
- Taking care of personal hygiene and daily needs.
Liberal Arts and Science Courses
- BIO 140-Anatomy/Physiology and Lab I
- Bio 142- Anatomy/Physiology and Lab II
- Bio 150-Microbiology
- ENG 101-English
- MAT 101-Math for (Allied) Health Science
- PSY 101-Psychology
Nursing Courses
- PN 123-Pharmacology
- PN 200-Fundamentals of Nursing
- PN 210-Medical Surgical Nursing I
- PN 312-Medical Surgical Nursing II
- PN 310A-Specialty Nursing Care (Mat/Peds)
- PN 310B-Specialty Nursing Care (Geriatrics/Psy)
- PN 314-Capstone
Other Skills You Will Learn As An LPN
While enrolled in our AMG School of Nursing LPN Program, students get the chance to develop several important interpersonal and medical industry skills. In addition to providing basic nursing care to patients, an LPN must also:
- Provide direct, through communication between patients and doctors
- Be able to work long shifts and while under pressure
- Maintain good ethics and patient confidentiality
- Have strong decision-making skills
By choosing our LPN Program in New York, you’ll have the chance to incorporate all of these traits into your repertoire of skills and be able to demonstrate them in real-life situations.
Select AMG LPN program graduates who meet AMG’s minimum GPA requirements can elect to enroll in our intensive two year RN program. Acceptance will be based in part upon assessment of student academic and practical performance.
LPN Job Growth
The current global health crisis has presented the healthcare industry with almost unprecedented challenges. The need for well-trained and licensed nursing professionals has never been greater. Healthcare is one of the most rapidly growing fields in the world today. Although the pandemic has augmented the dire need for healthcare providers in virtually every professional capacity, the demand for medical, and particularly, nursing professionals has steadily increased in the past several decades.
Since the mid- twentieth century, medical advancements and a greater understanding of better hygienic practices and nutrition have resulted in overall lower infant mortality rates and longer average life spans. In other words, there are more people in the world and they are living longer. The need for qualified healthcare professionals to serve this rapidly growing, and aging population has skyrocketed. Qualified nursing personnel are especially needed in the field of geriatric care. LPNs provide daily care to residents at nursing homes and to patients in long term care facilities, a considerable number of whom are older adults. Many LPNs are also needed to provide care to homebound seniors. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of LPN positions is expected to grow 11 percent through 2028.
AMG School of Nursing graduates can expect to be fully equipped with the essential practical skills they will need to become exemplary LPNs within the many different branches of the healthcare industry.
