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jamal
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whats it like being a LPN?
(Licensed practical nurse) What is it like to be a LPN daily what are some difficulties that you would face
What are somethings that you would do daily/weekly
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Sylvia Mum
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Hello Jamal
I am copying this to a similar question I got today.
What does an LPN do daily? A lot!!!!! The duties depend on where you work. That depends on where you work. You could work in offices, urgent care, nursing homes, assisted living, group homes, hospitals, schools, home health, jail or government.
If you work in urgent care or doctors offices, you do the same kind of work as the RNs. You probably have a medical assistant to do the vitals. You may have to do phlebotomy work. You may need to take the patient's histories. You may have to give some injections.
If you are in the nursing home, you probably have more authority. LPNs and RNs are the primary decisionmakers on the floor in nursing homes. A lot of LPNs are Nurse Managers and directors in nursing homes and assisted living. You will give medications, do treatments and wounds, do tube feedings, suction tracheostomies, supervise all the CNAs, Supervise anything happening to the patients. You will put in orders, change orders, check on all vitals to make sure your patients are ok, talk to providers if they are not, call 911 and send them to the hospital if they have a problem, organize activities, and manage your unit.
If in the hospital, an LPN has different roles depending on the hospital. Some hospitals give the LPN an assignment with her patients. But she is limited with a few medications, for example, she may not start a blood transfusion but may have to call an RN to start a blood transfusion with her. She may not push medication, but she can hang medication. Others uses LPNs for high task areas like cardiac where there are a lot of laboratory results like troponin needed often. Others take on LPNs in roles like resource IV/phlebotomy nurses. If you are in a state like Texas, LPNs do most of the same stuff as RNs. Each state has what licensed personnel are allowed to do.
If you are in home health, you may have up to 9 patients and drive from one home to another doing 'assessments' and treatments. You may also choose to just sit with one patient all day and give them their meds. You may choose to work at a school. This may involve picking up a patient from home, then sitting with them in the classroom.
I hope this helps.
I am copying this to a similar question I got today.
What does an LPN do daily? A lot!!!!! The duties depend on where you work. That depends on where you work. You could work in offices, urgent care, nursing homes, assisted living, group homes, hospitals, schools, home health, jail or government.
If you work in urgent care or doctors offices, you do the same kind of work as the RNs. You probably have a medical assistant to do the vitals. You may have to do phlebotomy work. You may need to take the patient's histories. You may have to give some injections.
If you are in the nursing home, you probably have more authority. LPNs and RNs are the primary decisionmakers on the floor in nursing homes. A lot of LPNs are Nurse Managers and directors in nursing homes and assisted living. You will give medications, do treatments and wounds, do tube feedings, suction tracheostomies, supervise all the CNAs, Supervise anything happening to the patients. You will put in orders, change orders, check on all vitals to make sure your patients are ok, talk to providers if they are not, call 911 and send them to the hospital if they have a problem, organize activities, and manage your unit.
If in the hospital, an LPN has different roles depending on the hospital. Some hospitals give the LPN an assignment with her patients. But she is limited with a few medications, for example, she may not start a blood transfusion but may have to call an RN to start a blood transfusion with her. She may not push medication, but she can hang medication. Others uses LPNs for high task areas like cardiac where there are a lot of laboratory results like troponin needed often. Others take on LPNs in roles like resource IV/phlebotomy nurses. If you are in a state like Texas, LPNs do most of the same stuff as RNs. Each state has what licensed personnel are allowed to do.
If you are in home health, you may have up to 9 patients and drive from one home to another doing 'assessments' and treatments. You may also choose to just sit with one patient all day and give them their meds. You may choose to work at a school. This may involve picking up a patient from home, then sitting with them in the classroom.
I hope this helps.
Uka Erinma
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Uka’s Answer
It actually depends on your office. The place you work will give you an insight of what your schedule will be like. Sometimes you work dependently and sometimes independently. Even your work shift will also be different in different organisation