RNVA2009

there seems to be alot of confusion about lpn and rn, well please refer to the nurse practice act in your state which will give great information on what each is allowed to do. many states use lpn for what they are legally allowed to do... in no state that i know of does a lpn assessment ever replace a rn assessment. nor should a lpn be a supervisor of rn is outside their scope of practice and is goes agst what is stated in npa, that is way if you don't know your scope of practice in your state read your nurse practice act,... yes lpn can do assessment and pass out meds, but the assessment done by lpn are only a initial done, the nurse process is done by the rn but due to the nursing shortage and some states trying to pass on the rn job function on others and pay them less many can now pass out medication. get a copy of the npa and talk w/ your rn director,,, she does know the npa is there and why is there and used. lpn are valuable in their duties and if you have any concern talk to those making these decision and make sure that lpn's are being used correctly, with regulation of compliance w/ the npa.

Remember an RN is the only one that can do the nursing process... a tech can not ... i would move on b/c a tech should never be a RN supervisor... a tech does not have anywhere near the same training, that is way you have a license and remember what it took to get that license I can understand if a tech helps with the training... we as nurses have to protect our job function... some techs have 2 week training w/ meds Also remember all the training that you went to learning about medication... a tech does not know all the aspects of drug, drug/drug interaction, effect on body system... ect. sounds like this place is just using your license

Hi all the MCI newcomers, but as new RN I was told by a friend that many hospitals in the hampton roads area are no longer hiring grads from the 12 -15 month program due to not having enough clinical exp. hope this is not true but good luck anyway..... Also if many have noticed that many (mostly) all prior programs in the hampton roads area such as sentara/ mci have now gone to the BSN programs - why b/c many hospitals in this area (around the country too) want to be Magnet Hospitals and they need BSN nurses for this to happen. Don't want to spread rumors but I heard many nurses saying the same thing... Good luck