LPN Student in RN Clinical

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Hi. I am a new nurse educator- adjunct faculty in an ADN RN program. Recently. I have been requested to let an LPN come to the clinical site and not let the site know that the student is an LPN. The clinical coordinator takes care of obtaining a site for the clinical and I usually do not have to say what type of students are taking the clinical. My dilemma, I feel this is ethically wrong- not telling the site. I know that ADN programs are struggling to find sites for clinicals and this just seems to me to be an accident waiting to happen. Who is to say what this LPN student will say if someone does ask her. Am I incorrect in feeling that this is just not right?

Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.
Sorry, to clarify, she is an lpn student,not yet an LPN, not an RN student, taking clinical with RN students. The site is for RN students- who are LPNs.

Sounds to me like the site is allowing in students, believing them to already be licensed. If you put a non-licensed person in, seems like there would be some heavy repercussions when (not if) they find out. If you knew ahead of time, you are participating in the fraud.

Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

What is the course? This would make a difference.

The expected secrecy still bothers me.

Specializes in Perinatal.

The school needs to find her a place as an LPN student. The teaching and expectations should be different for RN students than LPN students. You are setting yourself up to be the fall guy...... I would not take the risk.

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