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Nice, I also am a LPN and do massage in a PT department. Our Physical therapist trained me. I do massage, ROM, and Myofascial Release on post op pt's. It did not cost me an extra 8 grand, and I love what I do. No I do not get $60 an hour for massage, but $25 an hr. is good for a LPN.

IMO The idea that a nurse is not capable of giving a medically sound, therapeutic healing massage is ridiculous. I am terribly sorry, but after having had a vary thorough A&P training in nursing school and many years of practice, a 200 or 300 hr. course in medical massage should be sufficient. There is absolutely no comparison to a licensed NURSE massage therapist and a person who is just a massage therapist with a license. I am horrified to hear nurses sell themselves short. If you believe you need to go back to school and spend thousands of more dollars for massage school after becoming a nurse, maybe you should reconsider nursing. BTW I give therapeutic Medical Massage by doctors orders every day. I have a certificate in Medical Massage. A nurse only needs the order of the patients PCP!

IMO The idea that a nurse is not capable of giving a medically sound, therapeutic healing massage is ridiculous. I am terribly sorry, but after having had a vary thorough A&P training in nursing school and many years of practice, a 200 or 300 hr. course in medical massage should be sufficient. There is absolutely no comparison to a licensed NURSE massage therapist and a person who is just a massage therapist with a license. I am horrified to hear nurses sell themselves short. If you believe you need to go back to school and spend thousands of more dollars for massage school after becoming a nurse, maybe you should reconsider nursing. BTW I give therapeutic Medical Massage by doctors orders every day. I have a certificate in Medical Massage that required 250 hrs. A nurse only needs the order of the patients PCP!