What are all of the duties of LPNs at LTC facilities?
I work in the LTC areas of the hospital where I work for two of the four hours I am there and I have been observing what the LPNs do.
Most of the "dirty work" (diapers, changing the patients) is done by the CNAs (most of the nursing staff here are CNAs) as well as making beds, laundry, feeding, bathing, and assisting the patients. I have observed the LPNs only distributing meds and testing blood sugar, but I am sure they do more than that.
I am interested in learning what they do because I hope to be doing the same thing one day.
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
To continue on Dajulieness' post. Intakes, discharges, trach care, suctioning, I n O catheters, replacing a g-tube with my don, helping your cna's, moving tv's for residents, lots of documentation, IV's, hmm, trying to think of what else I did today. Oh yeah, colostomies and urostomies. Answering lights, getting ice, trying to ignore the dementia resident that sits at your med cart mumbling about stuff. Don't get me started on the prn narcs! lol. But my facility is very high acuity, so may not be like that everywhere. Its a wonderful way to start as a nurse. You learn a lot really quick! Good luck to you, hope this helps and doesnt harm.
Oh yeah, I forgot about some of these. My place I did clinicals at didn't have as much of these acute things like the NG tubes and IV's and trachs. But had the colostomies and Foley's.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about some of these. My place I did clinicals at didn't have as much of these acute things like the NG tubes and IV's and trachs. But had the colostomies and Foley's.