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I'm not 100% sure what the difference is between LPN and RPN, but I am an RPN and we do almost everything that an RN does. On my floor, we just tend to have more stable patients. We can give medications, blood transfusions, IV meds, admitting, discharges, telemetry, the works! As for 'phasing out', where I am from, RPNs are popping up all over here. Hospitals are hiring many of them because they are realizing that they can do almost everything an RN can but for less pay. I've also seen a lot of young RNs going to older RPNs for advice. A lot of it comes from experience, not years of school. There are good and bad of all nurses, RN and RPN. I've seen too many RNs with the "4-year syndrome". But 9/10 are fabulous! Teamwork!! :-)

Perect, thank you!

I did an ISI on a pt today but after telling my friend about the device, I couldn't remember the actual textbook name for the life of me. Here in Ontario, they're used frequently in palliative or in elderly in general. It's a white and yellow subcutaneous butterfly catheter device that you insert into the pts SC tissue, take the needle out and the catheter remains in the skin. It has a port to give sc injections without poking the pt every 2 hours. We call them ISI's but does anyone know the textbook term?! Thanks!! J