nursing care plans.... lvn or rn

[LVNwannaBE2007]

i have a question i got in a heated debate today with my DON over if care planning is a rn or lvn school... (btw she was one of my lvn teachers) yes they teach you how to write a care plan in lvn school but i was also told it was an rn skill...... but lvns follow it for a plan of care for the patient... can someone help me out here?

[txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN]

well that is just great... if we could just pass this wonderful information to the many nursing homes that i work in as a agency nurse then my load will be lightened. my personal opinion is that this may work in the hospital but wont float in ltc. many times there is one rn in the whole building (don) and you know she ain't sitting and doing care plans...there has to be a loophole for this . i know every ltc in texas does not have a rn doing there doing their care plans.

as i stated before, in the state of texas, an lvn cannot initiate a careplan.