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LPNs on peds unit

I am a new manager of a pediatric unit that in the passt has not had LPNs. If you have LPNs on your unit, how are they utilized and is there specific things they cannot do with the pediatric population. I cannot find any research either way.

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Had a clinical placement on a Peds Unit while a student. Basically LPN's did not administer IV meds or give IM injections. The IM thing is a provincial pratice thing. My province doesn't let me give them to anybody under 5yrs. That was basically it.

Sorry, forgot, a lot of it depends on what scope of practice the hospital allows the LPN to work at. So how does the rest of your facility utilize LPN staff?

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LPNs in the rest of the hospital take a patient assignment under the direction of or paired up with an RN. They can do some IVs on adults, but our state does not allow them to start or maintain IVs on patients under 18.

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LPNs in the rest of the hospital take a patient assignment under the direction of or paired up with an RN. They can do some IVs on adults, but our state does not allow them to start or maintain IVs on patients under 18.

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