LPN's in Rehab

[mel82]

Hello,

I wanted to know if any of you rehab nurses are LPNs and what your duties are within the rehab setting.

Thanks

[newlpn2806]

Hello,

I wanted to know if any of you rehab nurses are LPNs and what your duties are within the rehab setting.

Thanks

:nurse: i am a new nurse and i currently work in an impatient rehab facility. we have lots of traumatic brain injuries and everyone is right, we do just as much as the RN's. we do not start blood or do IV push meds,but everything else is fair game. it has been great experience for me. good luck.

[mel1977]

I am a new GPN, I take boards the 30th of this month. I have been working at my facility since 1998 with a 3 year hiatus in there. I started as an AIde, worked as a unit sec. and now LPN duties. Ours is not a long term facility (NH) like some rehab units, ours is acute with SCI, CVA, TBI, Mulititrauma-peds, adolescents, geri you name it, we get it. Anyway-I pass meds, I tech on the floor doing patient care and will eventually charge if needed once licensed. Mostly I pass meds which I really like. I love patient care but since my back surgery, showers are hard to do (I work eves) and bending a lot can be problematic (though I am really doing well). So, those are my duties! Did you want more detailed?? ( I am IV certified and so forth)