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PC · Mar 23, 2005

TN board of professional regulation - LPNs are licensed, and therefore the state will have a written scope of practice as regulated by the board and laws of the state.

Each hospital will also have a written scope of practice for the LPN, usually as part of her contract and/or employee handbook and/or hospital standards that would closely follow the state scope of practice.

A hospital might restrict a LPNs scope of practice, but would never allow the LPN to practice beyond the states regulations.

LPNer · Mar 26, 2005

TN board of professional regulation - LPNs are licensed, and therefore the state will have a written scope of practice as regulated by the board and laws of the state.
Each hospital will also have a written scope of practice for the LPN, usually as part of her contract and/or employee handbook and/or hospital standards that would closely follow the state scope of practice.
A hospital might restrict a LPNs scope of practice, but would never allow the LPN to practice beyond the states regulations.

I'll add one more thing to that, in most states, just because a task is not specificallly mentioned in the scope of practice, does not mean the LPN can not perform that task. Those are left to the facility.