Where to find LTC guidelines?

This is a discussion on Where to find LTC guidelines? in Iowa Nursing, part of United States Nursing ... i have worked in ob, hospice and home health for 17 years. just recently started working in a ltc...

i have worked in ob, hospice and home health for 17 years. just recently started working in a ltc center.

i am an rn working with a lot of lpn's who are of course, fantastic! but i know there are some duties that lpn's are not allowed to do in acute care. most of the nurse's say that things are different with ltc.

is there a guideline somewhere? being the only rn i feel responsible for keeping up on my end of the regs. not that i want to push my weight around, i have never done that!!! just legally, want to know where i stand if something should ever happen.

i didn't think that lpn's could do finalization of initial assessments. however, i was told that this is different in ltc. is it? if it is, that's great!!!

thanks for any info.

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by jaxnRN Sep 23, '08 5:24 pm

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