2 hospitals to drop licensed practical nurses; The changes at Mercy and Unity hospitals are meant to improve care, but unions say the remaining nurses will be stretched too thin.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (11/21/2005)
Byline: Glenn Howatt; Staff Writer All 90 licensed practical nursing jobs at Mercy and Unity hospitals in the northern...as one business, said the move to remove the licensed practical nurses (LPNs) was part of a plan to put ...

Would revival of LPN Association help Tennessee?(licensed practical nurse) Tennessee Nurse (3/22/2006)
...often exceed their job descriptions. This...surrounding the entire nursing shortage. "There...to Tennessee's nursing home patients...RNs and additional licensed practical nurses, particularly in the nursing home industry ...

SCHOLARSHIPS TO EASE NURSING SHORTAGE.(CAPITAL REGION) Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) (1/14/2003)
...before they can be licensed and take jobs with the county. The...establish a Saratoga County Nursing Scholarship Panel to...who drops out of the nursing program will be required...UNION AMY BARNES, a licensed practical ...

Nursing Shortage Persists In State: Graduations Are Up, But Still Not Enough. Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) (1/1/2007)
...admission to registered nursing programs in the state...Connecticut League for Nursing. Another 1,000 were denied admission to licensed practical nursing programs, the report...may not qualify for job vacancies requiring...

As nation ages, nursing can be a career cure.(Special Sections) Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) (6/19/2009)
...physiciansAE offices, nursing homes, in-home...related corporate jobs. The bureau also projects strong job growth for some...care. They include licensed practical nursing; the degree takes...year to earn, and ...

NURSING PROGRAM OK'D FOR IVY TECH Post-Tribune (IN) (11/20/1993)
...Northwest's licensed practical nursing program, is now...Center, a Gary nursing home. The Commission...keeping their jobs. "I can't...waiting to get into nursing. With the associate...beginning salary for a ...

SHE'S STAYED PUT AT HER FIRST JOB SITE; THEN: NURSING HOME AIDE; NOW: NURSING SUPERVISOR.(SERIES: Business 2002)(Business) The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) (2/4/2002)
...s, Soule took a full-time job as a hospital aide at Van Duyn...simultaneously enrolled in the licensed practical nursing program at the former Central...I then worked as an LPN (licensed practical nurse) for about two and ...

Programs Let College Graduates Quickly Earn Second Degree in Nursing Fields. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA) (8/24/2003)
...Publicity about nursing shortages coupled with...year or second-year nursing courses that could lead...either registered or licensed practical nursing, up about 25 percent...worker, Harkins took a job in patient care at ...

Edith Wenmark, 94, a nurse with vision; She was director of nursing at Anoka State Hospital, the Sister Kenny Institute and the Swedish Hospital.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (4/25/2010)
...was a big nursing job to be done, Edith...was director of nursing at Anoka State Hospital...its director of nursing and in 1970 drew...and two schools of nursing. It later became...professor for the Licensed ...