Typically, they care for ill, injured, convalescent and disabled persons in hospitals, clinics, doctors' offices, private homes, nursing homes or medical care institutions. Generally, they work a 40-hour week, which includes nights, weekends and holidays on a rotating basis. The practical nursing program at NETC is a one-year diploma program.
Nurses are necessary to the health care field.
Upon receiving your diploma in practical nursing from NETC, you will be able to find a job in hospitals, doctors' offices and nursing homes throughout the United States. As a licensed practical nurse, you will be able to work in hospitals, doctors' offices and nursing homes throughout South Carolina and the United States. In 1998, there were about 692,000 LPNs in the United States. The need for licensed practical nurses is expected to increases as fast as the average for all occupations through 2008. In South Carolina, the number of LPNs is expected to increase by about 6 percent.