Rn being trained by lpn?

[studentnurse9806]

What are your thoughts about this?

[MandieeRN]

What are your thoughts about this?

Very common in LTC and clinics. I'm not sure about hospitals.

[proud nurse, BSN, RN]

I worked as an LPN in LTC for years, and lost count of how many RN's shadowed me.

[Fiona59]

On the unit I work on the only difference between the L and the R is only the R can be charge.

New hires are given to the best teacher. Who happens to be an LPN with extensive experience. Only one new grad RN has complained and she was given a talking to.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

As a LPN, I precepted LPNs and RNs at my former jobs; no issues. I think the only difference and my last job was the amount of patients an RN could take VS a LPN; our job description was under the same scope.

If you are going to undertake the same roles and duties, then what's the issue???

You are being precepted by an experienced NURSE, no more no less.

[Nascar nurse, ASN, RN]

not a student anymore old username

As a nurse you will do well by not getting caught up in a title war. Learn from every source available to you.

[loriangel14, RN]

Sorry for the vagueness. Lpn training rn for the role of an office nurse. Duties include histories , vaccines, fingersticks, u/a, strep cultures in a Primary care office

Sounds perfectly reasonable.Basic duties and procedures. No reason why an LPN couldn't teach these.

[CrazyGoonRN]

I'm an LPN and I've trained many RN's. However this is in LTC & Rehab. In this setting & in my state the only thing the RN can do that an LPN can't is pronounce people when they die. I know an LPN who has almost 20 years nursing experience in the ED, an various other hospital positions. That LPN frequently trains new RN's in the LTAC setting where most of the patients are on ventilators. It just depends on experience, the job description and what the state allows.

[LaRN]

I've worked at some facilities where the orientation and training was lacking so severely that I would have been happy to have a janitor precept me if they knew how.

[Bringonthenight]

I've worked at some facilities where the orientation and training was lacking so severely that I would have been happy to have a janitor precept me if they knew how.

Haha this

[GinginRN]

I had a couple of LPNs orient me in the areas of med administration, and other floor duties. They had a wealth of experience and were a pleasure to work with.

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

As an acute care LPN of multiple years, I did in fact orient multiple new RN's. My scope per BON is that I can not clinically direct RN's. DIRECT is the key word. I can only show how to do the clinical SKILLS that I am able to do. I can not advise an RN on how to take care of patients in theory or in practice. But I can show them how to use the medication adminstration machine, how to chart their findings, how to start an IV, how to DO a head to toe, but their findings are of their own to dechipher. If that makes sense. I can (and have) shown the skill, they make the nursing judgements.

It is interesting however, that the same RN's that I orient then become the charge nurse for a shift.....story for another thread.

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

I don't see what your issue with this is. This occurs everywhere. Be grateful you are getting any orientation anymore. I'd take an LPN who knows their stuff vs someone with a higher degree who doesn't.