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New Hampshire, NH | LPN Nursing Program Information

How to Become an LPN in New Hampshire

The first step to becoming a Licensed Practical Nurse is to find an LPN education program that is right for you and then complete prerequisites. Around five courses in introductory topics like physiology, biology, and psychology, are required before application. Once accepted, about a year of course work focuses mostly on the practical skills necessary to provide direct patient care in hospitals and other health care setting, as well as some foundational knowledge of broader processes of patient care management.

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After all courses are complete, students challenge the National Counsel Licensing Examination-Practical Nursing (NCLEX-PN), which costs $200 to take through national examiners Pearson Vue and an additional $120 application fee paid to the New Hampshire Board of Nursing. Around 85 percent of applicants pass the test their first try, but it is also possible to take it numerous times if you don’t pass the first time around. Once the test has been successfully challenged, students become Licensed Practical Nurses and can start working in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire LPN Salary, Hours and Duties

In New Hampshire, a Licensed Practical Nurse usually makes around $42,500 per year (according to BLS.gov). More than eighty percent of LPNs in New Hampshire find employment in hospitals, but there are also opportunities in retirement homes and doctor’s offices. The reason that most LPNs work in hospitals is that they are trained to directly care for patients as part of a patient care team, keeping an eye on their health, giving them medicine, and, in conjunction with nursing assistants, helping them stay fed and bathed. As front line caregivers, they sometimes work odd hours like weekends, nights and holidays—after all, a lot of patients require around the clock care.