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In California the Board of Registered nursing advises not to co-sign because the LVN has their own license and is responsible for their own documentation. Furtermore unless the RN and LVN were side by side when observing the patient the RN could not validate the observation of the LVN.
In acute care each patient must be assigned to a registetred nurse at all times, including when the RN is off the unit.
JeepDudeRN
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Hello Everyone and Merry Christmas,
I am a CNA in Florida, and will be starting an RN program in January. I work in a large rehab facility. Last night, we had a new admit come in, and the RN Supervisor had the LPN do the patient assesment, and she in turn had her CNA assist her. It has been my understanding that only RN's are supposed to asess patients. Is this correct? I am by NO means knocking LPN's, I am just curious if the correct procedures were followed. The LPN who did the asessment, has only worked there 4 times (she is prn) and does not have patient contact outside of the rehab facility, or so she says, and considering that she was at her wits end, being overwhelmed and frazzled, I am just wondering if the patient was really asessed properly. Thank you to everyone who answers.