What is a typical LPN job description?  With so many people hoping or thinking about going to nursing school these days, that’s a question that’s on the mind of tens of thousand of Americans right now.  In the coming days, that number will only get bigger, as more people who have lost their jobs in this fragile economy seek to find some sort of job stability by pursuing a nursing career.  That’s a smart move.  There’s already a severe LPN shortage, and as millions of baby boomers begin retiring, the problem will continue to get worse.  Which means that job security should be one of the first things mentioned in any LPN job description!  It’s certainly one of the best benefits, and if you decide that a career as a licensed practical nurse is for you, and earn your certification, you’ll practically be guaranteed a job for life.
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If someone asked  you to describe some “typical” LPN students, what would you say?  Well, unless you replied that you had no idea how to do that, pretty much any other answer you could think of would be wrong.  Because times are changing, and so are the LPN students of today.  Now, thirty years ago, if someone has asked you the same question, you would’ve had no trouble in coming up with a description of the stereotypical LPN student.  You would have said it’s a female, she’s white, unmarried and in her late teens to early twenties.  And you would have been exactly right.
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