Ohio LPNs able to give Injections?

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Specializes in School Health.

I am an LPN in Ohio. I work for a pediatrician and give SQ, TB, & IM injections. My friend is an MA and says she doesn't believe I should be allowed to give injections. A friend of hers (also an LPN in Ohio) works LTC & said she's not allowed. However, we learned about/performed injections in nursing school, and wouldn't it be considered "medication administration"?

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I am a Ohio RN, but yes it is within the LPN scope of practice to give injections in Ohio. The LPN's in the LTC that I worked in all gave injections. Maybe the facility the other LPN works in doesn't allow their LPN's to give injections, although I have never heard of that.

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Specializes in School Health.

Thank you so much! I was worried.

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

you are a lis. nurse arn't you

method of injection is within the scope of your practice is it not?

not meaning to sound rude, it is in your scope of practice

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Specializes in School Health.

No reason to be rude.

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Specializes in retired LTC.

I know some facilities prohibit staff from doing procedures that they normally COULD do within the scope of practice. I'll bet that one facility had an LPN who probably gave a BAD injection and the facility may have been sued big time. Or else the DOH surveyed a complaint, found a deficiency and the facility's plan of correction was to stop LPNs from doing anymore injections in the place.

It's usually the facility's discretion/choice.

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.
No reason to be rude.

i was trying to explain, it is within your scope of practice, as a lis. nurse isnt it....

not trying to be rude,

just refering you back to your nurse practice act.

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My friend is an MA and says she doesn't believe I should be allowed to give injections.

She's not the authority on your scope of practice. Is it an LPN vs. MA debate? Silly.

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Specializes in Med surg/ tele, LDRP.

Is she confused with IV's? Because if not then she doesn't know what is in the LPN's scope of practice which is kind of scary..

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

Let's put it this way: I do not know of one single state in the union that disallows LPNs/LVNs from administering injections. Hence, giving injections is in the scope of practice of every LPN/LVN who is licensed in the US.

Knowledge is power. There's no way I would ever accept something said about my legally defined scope of practice at face value, especially if told to me by a medical assistant who has no nursing licensure in the first place.

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Injections are absolutely in your scope of practice! Please pull up your states LPN/LVN Scope of Practice and memorize it, as I have found it very helpful over the years.

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... My friend is an MA and says she doesn't believe I should be allowed to give injections.

At the risk of sounding rather blunt, why would you take directives on your scope of practice from an MA (unlicensed assisting personnel)? What she does and doesn't believe really isn't an issue. Your own facility might have some kind of limit on what THEY allow, but I'd think that'd come from administration......not the MA staff.

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