LPN
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4.4
- noun
- /ˌɛl piː ˈɛn/
- Jargon
:
enfermera práctica licenciada
- Only licensed nurses (RNs or LPNs) can dispense medications.
- LPN nurse
- licensed practical nurse
- LPN and aides
Examples
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If the NP isn't there, an LPN will be.
Blog text (10) -
Or maybe you went to a tech college and became a licensed LPN.
Blog text (24) -
I grew up with an LPN for a mother and a truck driver for a father.
Blog text (15) -
Some agencies support workers in going back to school, for example, for LPN training.
Academic text (1994) -
Many have the ability to train and study to become LPNs.
Academic text (2002) -
In many cases, these advanced aides are encouraged to complete LPN training in order to move up in the nursing department hierarchy.
Academic text (1994) -
The LPN who changed Maggie's sheets and bathed her each morning was from Jamaica.
Fiction book (1992) -
Since 1989, the agency has provided funding for senior paraprofessionals to become licensed practical nurses (LPNs).
Academic text (1994) -
In 1956, 45 licensed practical nurses (LPNs) were employed at HSS under the supervision of only 25 RNs (Clapp, 1961).
Academic text (2005) -
As an LPN, she provides essential care to patients in nursing homes.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person trained to care for sick people under a doctor's supervision
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2.7
A person who has studied health care and gives medical help in hospitals or clinics
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3.6
A trained health worker who gives basic care to sick people under a senior health worker
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3.5
A trained health worker allowed by the state to give basic medical care under a doctor or senior medical worker
Surface Forms
Morphology
LPN = L + P + N
This is an initialism (letters stand for separate words); the individual letters do not convey the meaning to learners, so the form is opaque.
Etymology
LPN stands for Licensed Practical Nurse, where licensed means 'official permission' and practical means 'for everyday care'. So an LPN is a nurse who is trained and allowed to give routine care to sick people.