Aug 26, 201312 yr What I mean is what things are you allowed to do once the doctors order is written.Do you have to have an order to doStaring Iv'sadminister medicationIM and SubQ injectionsdressing woundsVital Signscatheter insertionblood transfusionInserting a nasogastric tubeetc.Do you have to have an MD's orders to do these tasks. More Like This LPN, LVN Students What states allow you to challenge the NCLEX-PN? 66 Replies Active 06/08/2026 03:21 PM Licensure: Criminal History Declaratory Order 4 Replies Active 07/01/2026 01:45 AM
Aug 26, 201312 yr Staring Iv's order requiredadminister medication yes--doctor writes the med order and when/how often it is to be given..must have an order to give a medIM and SubQ injections the doc specified a route in the med order (i.e. PO, subQ, IM, IV, PR, etc.)dressing wound yes, although I worked on a unit where doctors would write "chest tube dressing changes per protocol (protocol on this unit was q12 hours and as needed)Vital Signs This is per unit protocol, although the doc can always specify more (or less) often that the unit's protocolcatheter insertion order requiredblood transfusion order requiredInserting a nasogastric tube order required
Aug 26, 201312 yr I think that your question has been fully answered one of your other threads:https://allnurses.com/pre-nursing-student/what-tasks-nurses-841358.html(What are tasks that nurses can do with or without a doctor's order?)
Aug 26, 201312 yr Homework again? ::sigh:: We already answered your homework question on that other thread. Listen up. We don't take "orders." We are not in the military. Well, most of us here, anyway. :) By law nurses implement some parts of the medical plans of care as prescribed by a physician or NP-- not all parts, which are implemented by other disciplines, like therapy, lab, dietary, radiology, etc. Nurses also have a great deal of responsibility and autonomy to assess, prescribe, and delegate/implement actions in the nursing plans of care which are not part of the physician plan of care and not prescribed by physicians. I wish more people would get their heads wrapped around this concept.
Aug 26, 201312 yr OP, I do think that your many (I count 9) threads have given you a wide variety of advice and opinions about the career of nursing (sometimes in duplicate or triplicate). I think that you have likely had the best responses that an online forum can give. Your next step would logically be to visit an actual nursing school and investigate your options and ask your questions for specific-for-you answers.
What I mean is what things are you allowed to do once the doctors order is written.
Do you have to have an order to do
Staring Iv's
administer medication
IM and SubQ injections
dressing wounds
Vital Signs
catheter insertion
blood transfusion
Inserting a nasogastric tube
etc.
Do you have to have an MD's orders to do these tasks.