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THIS LIST IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF LPN PRACTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED TO DEFINE OR LIMIT PRACTICE.

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The following are opinions issued by the Board : 

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  • 9/18/1981 The attending physician makes the decision on assigning the following procedures to selected LPNs following appropriate training: Pap smears, GC cultures, IUD string checks, fundal heart tones, Leopolds Maneuvers, history taking for medical records.

 
  • 6/24/1983 Licensed Practical Nurses are not to carry out orders written or given by physician’s assistants, unless they are countersigned within 24 hours.

Be sure to also review the Scope of Practice.

  • 1/31/1986 LPNs may perform heparinization during hemodialysis.
 
  • 1/31/1986 LPNs may serve as First Surgical Assistant but they may not suture.

  • 5/29/1987 LPNs may not inject medications per epidural catheter.

  • 1/22/1988 LPNs may maintain heparin locks and administer IVPB meds per same.

  • 10/05/1990 LPNs may, with proper instruction and determined competency: insert a feeding tube in a neonate, reinsert tracheostomy tube in an established tract, remove sheaths and hold pressure in cardiac cath lab and later pull the lines under the direction of the physician.

  • 10/04/1991 LPNs, with demonstrated competency, may load and monitor PCA machines. With regard to external venous access catheters/devices, trained LPNs may: obtain blood specimens; start an IV line, hang and monitor IV fluids, hang and monitor IVPB medications, flush with heparin lock solution, provide site care including dressing change. With regard to internal venous access devices (ie, port-a-cath, life port, etc.), trained LPNs may:draw blood, start and monitor IV fluids, provide site care including dressing change.LPNs, when serving as First Surgical Assistant, may not suture, dissect, or cauterize.

  • 2/3/1995 LPNs may monitor clients who receive IV Conscious Sedation.

  • 6/16/1995 LPNs may delegate the insertion of glycerin suppositories to Certified Nursing Home Nursing Assistants.

  • 10/13/1995 LPNs may delegate capillary blood glucose testing to unlicensed assistive personnel in the Nursing Home setting. Delegation of tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel always includes the provision that there is written documentation of skills and competency readily available for the LPN to review for each individual to whom the task is delegated and the skills and competency are re-evaluated every six months.

  • 6/20/1997 Licensed Practical Nurses may conduct esophageal motility studies provided he or she possesses the necessary knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the studies, the procedure is performed under the direction of a physician, and the protocol is approved by the facility.

  • 3/4/1999 LPNs may accept verbal/telephone orders only from a licensed physician or other authorized prescriber (optometrist, dentist, psychologist, or advanced practice registered nurse).

 

 

 

 
 
 

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