Employment

Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) held about 753,600 jobs nationally in 2008. About 25 percent of LPNs worked in hospitals, 28 percent in nursing care facilities, and another 12 percent in offices of physicians. Others worked for home healthcare services; employment services; residential care facilities; community care facilities for the elderly; outpatient care centers; and federal, state, and local government agencies. Employment of LPNs is expected to grow by 21 percent between 2008 and 2018.