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It all will depend on your state board of nursing and the scope of practice for the LPN.I have met many LPN's who are more than capable of working in the ER.
it has nothing to do with capabilities.
it's all about legal sop.
in my state, lpn's cannot do assessments, ivp's, hang blood products, and i think there's a couple more things.
can't remember offhand.
my point being, all of the aforementioned are necessities when working in the er.
leslie
Arky
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Question for all the old hands here. I'm an RN and just started working a small rural hospital that uses lpn's to work the ER. I can't understand how they get away with it. I'm not saying that the lpn's don't know how to handle emergencies but legally how can they assess a patient? I've never seen this until now and they tell me the hospital has been doing this for years because they have an RN in the building. How can they push IVP drugs where assessment needs to be made on the patient. There may be an RN in the building but they are not in the ER seeing the patients. Confused........