I am 43 years old. I am a recent widow and have a 14 year old son. After my husband died {cancer} I quit my job as telephone triage nurse for a large medical school. I've been an LPN for 26 years and 17 as the triage nurse. I am returning to college in January and hope to go on and obtain a degree as a physicans assistant. Obviously I need to suopport myself and my son. I am looking into starting a homebased telephone triage service for a few local family practices. I am gathering information about grants etc...to get started.
According to the guidlines from the NC board of nursing this role appears to be within the scope of LPN's. I never had anyone question that during my 17 years at the medical center. However reading all of these posts makes me wonder. I don't see any from LPN's. Could anyone shed any light on this for me? I am very enthused and excited about starting this new venture, but sure don't want to find out that LPN's are not qualified to practice this! Please help!
Thanks for any feedback you can offer.
Sincerely, Kim Osborne