LPNs

Several of the nation’s largest aging services and nursing organizations have united to defend Licensed Practical Nurses and criticize a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services nursing home...

As operators continue to parse a proposed federal staffing mandate, one of the biggest concerns is for workers who get little attention in the proposed regulations: the licensed practical nurses whom many...

There are about 175,000 LPNs working in nursing homes — critical staff members who might no longer fit into the SNF job market if the proposed staffing rule is finalized as currently written.

A new study reveals top factors tied to record-setting mortality rates in Canada’s LTC facilities during the early pandemic, and a treatment that boosted survival in severely ill residents.

Thanks to the conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home nurses averaged double-digit pay increases this year, as virtually all titles notched healthy increases, according to the industry’s...

A people-oriented work environment with tangible staff supports is key to minimizing turnover and care disruptions in nursing homes. It’s even more important than compensation, direct care providers...

A proposed federal staffing minimum would require most nursing homes to boost RN hiring and put RNs and LPNs in greater direct care roles. It’s a move the bill’s House sponsor calls necessary to support...

A New York health system is increasing worker pay at its nursing home as a thank you to employees and a recruiting prod to bring in new staff members.

Many healthcare workers with secondary jobs move across health settings, and 15% of second jobs for personal care and nursing aides are in other essential occupations, investigators say.

Registered nurses may be more likely than licensed practical nurses to identify high-risk medication errors in nursing homes, new research suggests.