Certification to allow LPN's to push IV meds?

[Roozeyk]

Is there a special certification that LPN's can take to be able to push IV meds?

[lpnQT25]

here in the state of ga, lpn's can push iv drugs as long as the facility they work for has trained them to do so.

i know that i can push any thing but cardiac drugs when a pt is in a serious cardiac situation that requires agressive cardiac drugs. can't not hang blood, potassium, heprin or insulin drips.

i can push, lasix, vit-k, pepcid, lopressor, the list goes on. i have been trained to give these type drugs, and being the primary nurse for 6-9 med-surge pts, i don't always have time to find a rn to do it for me. this is why i am trained to do iv pushes.

i am sorry i don't agree with, if you don't get paid then don't do it. i am a very well trained lpn and i don't think that if other lpns' along with myself are putting their licenses on the line.

the state of ga says i am quailfied and so does the facility i work at, so i am doing my job, by taking care of my pts and yes, that means pushing iv drugs.

if one were to stop and really think about it, iv fluids are considered drugs too and that is a whole other topic.

kudos to u! from one lpn to another!

[nurse0947]

i know the facility i work in- in texas lvns can push lasix,morphine,demerol,phenergan,solu-medrol,plus more-you just have to use caution and push them slow-over a period of 1-3 minutes...the floor i work on-lvns do not push any cardiac meds.