dixiechic

if you want to get into nursing i would suggest go for your lpn if you can't take the time off for rn right now. the experience will never hurt you, only help in the long run. if you like nursing once you are a lpn you can go another year and get your ADN. that is what i did. only three semesters to get the rn degree once i was a lpn. lots of experience. go for it and keep us posted. to my knowlege, and this could be incorrect, there are quiet a few diffences between lpn and rn, the main ones PAY, IV pushes, and admin. blood and blood products. there are probably alot of others but those are the main ones. and i don't think a lpn can draw an Arterial blood gas specimen. anyways good luck.

if you want to get into nursing i would suggest go for your lpn if you can't take the time off for rn right now. the experience will never hurt you, only help in the long run. if you like nursing once you are a lpn you can go another year and get your ADN. that is what i did. only three semesters to get the rn degree once i was a lpn. lots of experience. go for it and keep us posted. to my knowlege, and this could be incorrect, there are quiet a few diffences between lpn and rn, the main ones PAY, IV pushes, and admin. blood and blood products. there are probably alot of others but those are the main ones. and i don't think a lpn can draw an Arterial blood gas specimen. anyways good luck.

I have a very serious question. I have been looking on the internet for answers and asking around but no one really has a definate answer for me. I recently started working in a physicians office, a walk in,urgent care clinic. I just took this job for extra money until I can complete my RN degree. However, I am a LPN and am usually the only licensed personnel in the clinic other than the doctor. There are mostly medical assistants and medical lab tech students. They give IM meds, start and maintain IV's, answer medication and nurse questions/calls. My question is are Medical Lab Tech's and Medical assistants certified and covered to perform these tasks ,mostly I am concerned with IV therapy. MLT's to my knowledge do not have pharmacology and the student MLT's do not have any other type of formal training to be safely administering medications. I just do not want people working under my license, if that is the case, that could possibly endanger patients and my license. Does anyone know the scope of practice or limitations or am I reading way too much into this situation?

NurseMark: Man what struck a nerve with you? This is not a forum to take out aggression and undeserved verbal hostility on others. Man go away. I had a great story to post but for some reason I am a little uncomfortable posting with NurseMark on the lose. I thought Lorie's story was rather cute.