Hi Claire, I have worked in the ortho field for over 3 years in an Australian Hospital so I am unsure of what you mean by a LPN. Myself I am an Enrolled Nurse which takes about 18 months training so I am not an RN (Registered Nurse which takes 4 years of Universty Training) I look after the patients do dressing and every aspect of Nursing espect giving out Medications. I love what I am doing as our hospital is the Trauma hospital for region and we get a lot of MVA"S\MBA'S and all sorts of trauma victims it is really satisfying when they walk out of the ward knowing what they have been through. GO FOR IT ... TOP CAT