I have a question for anyone who can answer. I live in KY and my apartment is over top a doctors office (the doctor is also my landlord.) I’ve been having really bad problems out of my wisdom teeth lately; and it’s getting even worse now that the cold weather has arrived. I can’t get into a dentist until next week, so I went down stairs to talk to the Doctor to see if he could call me in a script for an antibiotic for the infection, and something for the pain. He had his ‘nurse’ do it, no problem.
Anyway, while I was there the nurse and I got into a conversation– She convinced me into getting a flu vac while I was there. Anyway, She’s familiar with me on several levels –Not only is her boss my land lord, he is also the primary care physician at a facility that I worked at recently. To make a long story short - I was talking to this lady, and she was asking me how school was and everything, and I told her that it was tough and what not. (I’m an LPN, going to get RN eventually) She said she never went to school to become an LPN, that she was ‘grand fathered’ in. I said "Oh, so you trained under someone then got licensed? She said "No, I never have received a license." Can she legally call herself a nurse? And also, can she give injections and whatnot? I’ve seen her give shots for the Doc when he made his rounds at the nursing home.
Also, not that this matters, but her name badge said "Kathy... LPN" I’m not saying in anyway that she’s not fit to do her line of work, my grandmother (merely 70) was actually grand fathered in years ago - and still works as an LPN, however she did receive an actual license. So don’t think I’m trying to insult this lady in any way, shape or form.
