Just taking a benchmark, do LPN's (if you have them) push epo or administer iron, zemplar etc.
Thank You
<old school>
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Once again,Please check your state regulations.I still see LPN's running freestanding clinics on the morning shift at various clinics.
<E-RN>
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Not in the state of CA.
<Tracy>
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if an LPN is running a freestanding clinic then they are NOT following the Conditions of Coverage from CMS.
<tisayRN>
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ONLY nurses are allowed to put medications in those IV lines. LPNs dont handle medications where I work at but put on catheter patients.
<Guest>
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Originally posted by tisayRN: ONLY nurses are allowed to put medications in those IV lines. LPNs dont handle medications where I work at but put on catheter patients.
With all due respect, "ONLY nurses" in your mind excludes LPN? Doesn't the word NURSE help to make up the title LPN?? Maybe you meant to say only RN.
State regs dictate what is within the scope of practice.
<another guest>
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Licensed Practical _______...umm, help me out here...
<Guest>
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Dependant on your state BON and scope of practice. In Florida for instance LPN's can "charge" as long as there is an RN in the building. RN doesnt have to be on the clinic floor of the outpatient clinic. As the FA/DON I could be doing paperwork in my office with the LPN as the Charge "NURSE" on the unit. Also LPN's can be IV certified and most are in Dialysis therefore can push IV meds (heparin, epo, zemplar, hypertonics,D50, mannitol, ferrlecit,venofer, albumin,vancomycin and other ABX). Again this is in Florida and other states are similar although not all. They may not administer Cathflo or Activase for declots of caths, or do the initial admission assessment to the unit. They cant do the careplans. Pretty much everything else that an RN does the LPN can do in the clinical area. Again check with your State BON for clarifications.
