[sherrytzu]

I think someone is yanking your chain. In Texas, LVN's can hang IV's, they can start IV's and do sterile dressing changes on PICC lines, central lines, if the facility trains them to do so. They can even hang chemo if they are trained to do so. I know because I worked at MD Anderson, a cancer hospital and I did this as an LVN. An RN is an RN. The only difference between an ADN and a BSN is management skills/training, and they have a little more advance pathophys. Once you pass NCLEX you never have to take it again as an RN. ADN's take the same NCLEX as BSN's do. Hope this helps.