| New York school of practical nursing graduates face | | | | persons in need of long-term care, also because of |
| competition ever since the number of hospital jobs for | | | | consumer preference for care in the home, and |
| LPN's (licensed practical nurses) declines. Yet, jobs | | | | technological advances that make it possible to bring |
| may still be available for LPN's as rapid employment | | | | increasingly complex treatments into the home. In |
| growth is projected in other health care industries, with | | | | addition, New York LPNs in nursing care facilities will be |
| the best job opportunities in nursing care facilities and in | | | | needed to care for the increasing number of patients |
| home health care services. | | | | who have been discharged from the hospital but who |
| There are a lot of LPN's in the US since training in a | | | | have not recovered enough. LPN's are heavily needed |
| New York school of practical nursing only lasts about | | | | for their workloads at 40-hours/week, round-the-clock |
| 1-year and the state-approved programs in New York | | | | care on week nights, weekends, and holidays for the |
| school of practical nursing institutions (mostly in | | | | patients' needs. |
| vocational or technical schools) reach to over | | | | Here is a list of some New York School of Practical |
| 1-thousand. It is therefore a good thing that | | | | Nursing institutions: ADELPHI UNIVERSITY-Garden |
| replacement needs will be a major source of job | | | | City, COLLEGE OF MOUNT ST.VINCENT-Riverdale, |
| openings as many workers leave the practical nursing | | | | COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE-New Rochelle, |
| occupation permanently. Only about 27% of New | | | | COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND-Staten, WAGNER |
| York school of practical nursing LPN's work in | | | | COLLEGE-Staten Island, COLUMBIA |
| hospitals, while 25% in nursing care facilities, 12% in | | | | UNIVERSITY-NY, HUNTER COLLEGE OF THE CITY |
| offices of physicians, as the other 36% work for home | | | | UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK-NY, NEW YORK |
| health care services, employment services, elderly | | | | UNIVERSITY-NY, STATE-UNIVERSITY OF NEW |
| community care facilities, public/private educational | | | | YORK-Buffalo, D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE-Buffalo, |
| services, outpatient care centers, and Federal, State, | | | | DAEMEN COLLEGE-Amherst, DOMINICAN |
| and local government agencies, with about 1 in 5 LPN's | | | | COLLEGE-Orangeburg, LEHMAN COLLEGE OF CITY |
| working part-time. | | | | UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK-Bronx, MERCY |
| Although employment of LPNs in the traditional hospital | | | | COLLEGE-Bronx, LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY-C.W. |
| setting is expected to continue to decline, conversely, | | | | POST CAMPUS-Brookville, MOLLOY |
| employment of New York LPNs in home health care | | | | COLLEGE-Rockville Center, MOUNT SAINT MARY |
| facilities is expected to grow at least averagely | | | | COLLEGE-Newburgh, NAZARETH COLLEGE OF |
| because of the growing number of aged and disabled | | | | ROCHESTER-Rochester, ST. |