Travel LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

Factor Healthcare

New Orleans, Louisiana

Eligibility: Geriatric

Posted Jun 18

Unit and setting: Rehab
License: LPN license Nursing License (Required)Nursing License
Term: Travel

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Certification: CPR or BLS CPR or BLS (Required)

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Benefits

Dental
Vision

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Factor Healthcare

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The employer has been actively recruiting Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs/LVNs) for placement in long-term care (LTC) and rehabilitation facilities across multiple states, including Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. While the employer is listed with a New Orleans, LA location, its…

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We are looking for LPNs/LVNs for several openings in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine for LTC and rehab facilities.

Licensed Practical Nurses assist Registered Nurses by providing basic nursing care. Licensed Practical Nurses are required to pass Certification Tests and must abide by the state's Nurse Practice Acts. The LPN is a vital part of health care and can be found in many settings, including

Responsibilities

Take vital signs.
Provide assistance to physicians and other healthcare providers during examinations and procedures (e.g., EKG, physical exam).
Provide simple treatment and first aid to patients, e.g., administer basic medications or provide first aid.
Monitor patients' conditions in emergency situations.
Prepare patients for examinations and surgeries.
Prepare diagnostic equipment for use by physicians and other healthcare providers.
Prepare patient rooms for examination or treatment.
Administer medications prescribed by physician as ordered by registered nurse.
Maintain complete patient records as required by law.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Temporary, Travel nursing Pay: $1,900.00 - $2,200.00 per week

Benefits

Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Referral program
Vision insurance

Application Question(s)

Are you willing to travel to Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine for this assignment?

Experience

LTC, SNF, rehab: 1 year (Required)

License/

Certification

Nursing License (Required)
CPR or BLS (Required)

Work Location: On the road

What's around it?

In New Orleans, LA

New Orleans, LAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 7% below the US average

Median rent: $1,251/mo
Household income: $56,631/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in New Orleans, LA

NeighborhoodsYoung professionals and medical trainees (apartment guides explicitly mention PGYs) cluster in the walkable Central Business District—bordered by the French Quarter and the Mississippi—and Uptown near Audubon Park, the Garden District, and Magazine Street for historic streets with less Quarter chaos. Reddit locals with flexible budgets also recommend Fairgrounds/Bayou St. John. Safer residential in-city options are Lakeview and West End (safer than 93% and 94% of neighborhoods) plus budget-minded Gentilly Terrace and Old Aurora. Facebook and Niche add Jefferson and Northshore suburbs: Metairie, Harahan (2026 #1 metro suburb, population 8,904), Mandeville, Covington, and Hammond.

Young professionals and medical trainees (apartment guides explicitly mention PGYs) cluster in the walkable Central Business District—bordered by the French Quarter and the Mississippi—and Uptown near Audubon Park, the Garden District, and Magazine Street for historic streets with less Quarter chaos. Reddit locals with flexible budgets also recommend Fairgrounds/Bayou St. John.

Safer residential in-city options are Lakeview and West End (safer than 93% and 94% of neighborhoods) plus budget-minded Gentilly Terrace and Old Aurora. Facebook and Niche add Jefferson and Northshore suburbs: Metairie, Harahan (2026 #1 metro suburb, population 8,904), Mandeville, Covington, and Hammond.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: bgpmnola.com Source 5: niche.com

Getting aroundCitywide average commute is about 24 minutes. The CBD is repeatedly described as walkable and job-rich, with Rampart-St. Claude and Riverfront streetcar lines and easy walking toward the French Quarter; a travel guide recommends the CBD over the Quarter as a calmer base for getting around the city. Metairie sits in the middle of the metro, but residents say transit is tricky without a car if you live far from a bus stop. Sources do not name hospital campuses, shift-parking rules, or specific medical-center drives, so nurses still need to map their facility against car vs. streetcar.

Citywide average commute is about 24 minutes. The CBD is repeatedly described as walkable and job-rich, with Rampart-St. Claude and Riverfront streetcar lines and easy walking toward the French Quarter; a travel guide recommends the CBD over the Quarter as a calmer base for getting around the city.

Metairie sits in the middle of the metro, but residents say transit is tricky without a car if you live far from a bus stop. Sources do not name hospital campuses, shift-parking rules, or specific medical-center drives, so nurses still need to map their facility against car vs. streetcar.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: bgpmnola.com Source 4: niche.com Source 5: youtube.com

OutdoorsCity Park is the everyday backyard: centuries-old live oaks, sculpture and botanical gardens, Storyland, Carousel Gardens, Big Lake rentals (bike, kayak, gondola, pedal-boat), City Putt, disc golf, tennis, trails, and beignets. Uptown, Audubon Park has shaded jogging and biking loops under moss-draped oaks; Audubon Zoo adds Cool Zoo in summer. Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and the Madere Marsh Boardwalk sit minutes from downtown, and Jean Lafitte airboat swamp tours put wildlife on the weekend map. Harahan's levee is a walking spot; Lafreniere Park is Metairie's go-to.

City Park is the everyday backyard: centuries-old live oaks, sculpture and botanical gardens, Storyland, Carousel Gardens, Big Lake rentals (bike, kayak, gondola, pedal-boat), City Putt, disc golf, tennis, trails, and beignets. Uptown, Audubon Park has shaded jogging and biking loops under moss-draped oaks; Audubon Zoo adds Cool Zoo in summer.

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and the Madere Marsh Boardwalk sit minutes from downtown, and Jean Lafitte airboat swamp tours put wildlife on the weekend map. Harahan's levee is a walking spot; Lafreniere Park is Metairie's go-to.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: neworleans.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: niche.com Source 4: thehonestlocal.com Source 5: facebook.com

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Living in New Orleans

New Orleans is a low-rise, porch-hello city whose identity is food, brass-band jazz, and festivals—not skyline or ease. Average commute is about 24 minutes, but Metairie is hard without a car and safety is block-by-block. The draw is City Park oaks, Frenchmen Street and the Spotted Cat, Commander's Palace, legal go-cups, and Mardi Gras as civic religion. The tradeoffs are August humidity, hurricanes and flooding, pests, tourist noise, weak city schools, and insurance that is not vacation-cheap. Locals who stay are obsessed; do not come if you only know Bourbon Street in February.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: bgpmnola.com Source 3: niche.com Source 4: gardenandgun.com Source 5: neworleans.com Source 6: thehonestlocal.com Source 7: beneworleans.com Source 8: extraspace.com Source 9: reddit.com Source 10: facebook.com

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