A primary duty of an LPN is to ensure that patients are clean and comfortable and their needs, both physical and emotional, are met. LPNs take care of people who are sick, injured, or disabled and many time they provide emotional comfort by simply talking with the patient. Licensed practical nurses work under the supervision [...]

LPN wages average $13.53 an hour in Mississippi but range to $23.67 per hour in Connecticut. It appears likely that unionization is one of the major factors contributing to higher wages for LPNs. States that have high union density for hospital nurses – Alaska, California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and [...]

Hospitals can and should increase their employment of LPNs while instituting practices that enable LPNs, RNs and other members of the nursing staff to function as an effective team. While LPNs cannot substitute for RNs, they can be utilized to their full scope of practice, thus adding a highly qualified, cost-effective member to the nursing [...]