Can LPN administer bolus tube feedings

Nurses LPN/LVN

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Can LPN administer bolus tube feedings in all states without certification?

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Yes. Bolus tube feeding is a skill that even lay people (non-medical people) can do. Giving tube feedings is within all LPNs' scope of practice. It is not like IV therapy, which is limited in some states and wide open in others.

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Thanks

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Yes u can

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Specializes in geriatrics, IV, Nurse management.

Yes:)

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