CO LPN's please read and answer!

2ndCareerRN · Jan 10, 2003

Your best bet is to pick up a phone and talk to your board of nursing. They are the ones with the difinitive answer.

bob

donna decker · Jan 10, 2003

i just moved from colorado and in my facility, i could do almost anything the RN does except do charge on the medicare unit. i transcribed physician orders both written, telephone and verbal. good luck.

WashYaHands · Jan 11, 2003

I think there is a PDF file of the Colorado Nurse Practice Act on http://www.dora.state.co.us. If not, you can obtain a copy of the Nurse Practice Act by contacting the Colorado State Board of Nursing, 1560 Broadway, Suite 880, Denver, CO 80202.

Linda

Home Health Columnist / Guide · Jan 11, 2003

CO State Board of Nursing Regs:

http://www.dora.state.co.us/nursing/statutesandrules/npa2002.htm

NurseKimberley · Jan 11, 2003

OK I'm not totally stupid--I had a copy of the Nurse Practice Act in my hand when I posed the question. Have you all ever read that thing? It does not break down specific tasks into RN's do that, LPN's do this. I have been a CO LPN for 3.5 years, and I know what I have always done, I was just asking on the off-chance that my boss stumbled on a little rural hospital that has been doing things wrong! Thanks.