LPNs in other countries?

[smartiipants, LPN]

I am an LPN student, 3 weeks away from graduation!!! I wanted to know where my U.S. LPN license can take me? What is the equivalent in countries like England, Spain, and other parts of Europe? What about Africa? Am I limited to the U.S.?

[Fiona59]

LPNs exist in other countries often under different names. In Australia, they are Enrolled Nurses who do a two year course. In Canada, we also do a two year course. Spain has nursing auxillaries.

The problem you will face is how long was your education? In Canada, the PN education is basically the old two year diploma RN coursework.

In Spain, you would need to be fluent in written and spoken medical Spanish.

England, by which I think you mean the UK, stopped training Enrolled Nurses in the late 80s and upgraded their ENs via an educational route to SRNs. Currently they have health aides on the wards.

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

LPN almost never meets the skills and education requirement for immigration or work visas. US LPNs are technical/vocational. You always train in the country where you plan to live and work as nursing isn't as universal as people assume it is.

To work in Europe priority is given to local citizens and EU citizens. You must be fluent in the primary language including medical language. Africa is a huge continent with many different languages, cultures and countries.

Most countries it's the equivalent of RN-BSN.