IV Rocephin Question

[KLBG]

Can a LPN certified nurse mix IV Rocephin in a bag of Dextrose 5% and hang it? In the nursing law it states we our prohibited from mixing or preparing any medication for IV therapy except preparing or reconstituting an antibiotic additive is permitted.

[BearyPrivate]

Can a LPN certified nurse mix IV Rocephin in a bag of Dextrose 5% and hang it? In the nursing law it states we our prohibited from mixing or preparing any medication for IV therapy except preparing or reconstituting an antibiotic additive is permitted.

u answered your own question:yeah:

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

In the nursing law it states we our prohibited from mixing or preparing any medication for IV therapy except preparing or reconstituting an antibiotic additive is permitted.

Nursing law varies from state to state (especially for LPNs/LVNs), so you will really need to place a telephone call to your state's BON to obtain an accurate answer.

After all, LPNs have wide scopes of IV therapy practice in some states, but are severely restricted in other states.

[SurgicalLPN]

Well as an lpn there are many things you can do if your hospital trains you. By law if you are covered under your hospitals policies and procedures you may do many treaments that at others you cannot. The hospital I work at allows LPNs to push IV pain meds, give PRBC's, Albumin, start IVs, monitor epidural pumps and PCA pumps, push diuretics and perform many procedures that many LPN's dont. The only bad thing is at the hospital I work at LPNs perform every task an RN would only we have to have her sign one piece of paper behind us when getting a new admit with less pay.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

By law if you are covered under your hospitals policies and procedures you may do many treaments that at others you cannot.

Then again, the law varies from state to state. You're in Georgia, correct?

Georgia, as with most Southeastern states, tends to have a wide-open LPN scope of practice regarding IV therapy. Some of the things you've mentioned would be disallowed by the LPN scopes of practice in states located in the North and West.

The OP (original poster) needs to place a much-needed telephone call to his/her state's BON (board of nursing) to obtain the final answer to his/her question.

[flcasemanager]

What are the IV Antibiotic Reconstitution law for FL LPNs? ie Mixing a powder form of vancomycin into a NS bag. (not mixing multiple medications, just reconsituting one).