TO ALL LPN'S -- What would I be doing, will I be touching people much?

There are so many adds in the paper for LPN's...

I want to know what this person does, exactly. I like people, I don't like touching body fluids, I have never had any desire to become a nurse.

I do love helping people! I am a mom, I can handle a little ick.



I dont mind touching arms, shoulders etc.... clothed parts are ok...


Thanks so much in advance....

~~~ LPN programs are about 40 hours according to my local technical schools..., very basic stuff ~~~

LPNs are at the bottom of the totem pole for nurses. So, of course you're going to be doing all the dirty work. You WILL be handling and cleaning bodily fluids. You WILL have to touch and clean parts of the body that aren't clothed.

It's a burnout career but rewarding. I don't want to discourage you but you don't seem like a good candidate for nursing. Many people enter the field unaware of what it entails and quickly leaves. I advise you to become a certified nursing assistant before you become an LPN to get use to all the dirty work. If you can't handle that then you will not be able to handle it and you could leave with only a months time invested instead of a whole year invested in the education.

yes

Yes you will be touching people a lot and sometimes it will be very unpleasant but believe me the money is worth it in the long run. Go for it. You already have experience as a mom trust me you'll be great at it.

This may not be the job for u then. What will you do if your facility is short staffed and its up to u to bathe 1 or 2 patients? If you are unwilling to do those things u better hope that scenario never happens. Otherwise u may want to try a doctor's office for employment.

This depends upon what setting you work in. I know an LPN who works mostly behind a desk, but a friend of mine got into the clinical part of her education (externship) and quit after two weeks. They wanted her to bathe a DEAD MAN!!! she was in a nursing home setting. Seems in some settings there will be a certain amount of 'ick' I consulted a couple of the RNs I work with and they said "If you dont like ick and you dont want to touch anyone, go into a different field. Nurses MUST touch people.

this person helps the sick...cleans them (bathing,wounds,poopie pants,diapers, etc) you may also pass them there meds, need to take a class for this though and you usually get an extra dollar or so.

Well, it is possible to get jobs where you don't do much patient touching, but you've got to get through nursing school first, and that means doing everything an LPN can be required to do after graduation. There are lots of other things in the field of medicine you can do that don't require nearly as much touching, like X-ray tech, sonographer, EKG tech, etc. Check out your local community college and see if something else interests you more.