Ethics Case Study Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams’ office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium‚ an antidepressant medication‚ called in right away to his pharmacy‚ since he is leaving for the airport in thirty minutes. He says that Dr. Williams is a personal friend and always gives him a small supply of Valium
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[pic] Falls Risk Guide Falls The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) 2005 National Patient Safety Goals requires hospitals to assess and periodically reassess each patient’s risk for falling. At Methodist Hospital the total number of reported falls in 2005 was 197 and it is increasing every year‚ Out of these 80 had reported injuries‚ 3 had root cause analysis (RCA) completed and 1 was a reportable event. Through RCA we identified that
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pay. As far as the other nurses they feel as if because they have been there longer they deserve a higher pay as well. The LPN’s already are receiving more pay than any other LPN in the area. Now because Debbie received a pay raise the LPN’s feel as f they deserve on to. Now not only are they making more than any other LPN in the area but they are making the wages of a RN. Debbie has the right to look for work elsewhere where she will receive the compensation that is more substantial to her position
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Delegatee : One who is delegated a nursing responsibility by either an APRN‚ RN‚ or LPN/VN (where state NPA allows)‚ is competent to perform it‚ and verbally accepts the responsibility. A delegatee may be an RN‚ LPN/VN‚ or UAP. Delegator : One who delegates a nursing responsibility. A delegator may be an APRN‚ RN‚ or LPN/VN (where state NPA allows). Licensed Nurse : A licensed nurse includes APRNs‚ RNs and LPN/VNs. In some
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nursing profession‚ all nurses hold one or more credentials depending on their scope of practice and education. ALicensed practical nurse (LPN) (also referred to as a Licensed vocational nurse‚ Registered practical nurse‚ Enrolled nurse‚ and State enrolled nurse) works independently or with a Registered nurse. The most significant differentiation between an LPN and RN is
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The Importance of Critical Thinking Skills in Nursing‚ and the Difference in Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses Using These Skills There has been lots of discussion on the importance of critical thinking in the acute setting. Comparisons have been made if registered nurses are better at critical thinking than licensed practical nurses. What is Critical Thinking? At the 8th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking and Education Reform‚ in 1987‚ Michael Scriven & Richard
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standard. During the recovering phase of the patient the monitoring process was not followed as per protocol‚ there is no reported data regarding sedation level assessments. The LPN who is not qualified to monitor a post sedated patient responded to a medical monitor alarm which is not in the scope of practice of an LPN. If Nurse J. had time and initially responded to the first alarms‚ she could have performed needed assessment such as neurological assessment and sedation assessment‚ the scenario
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disability Claim. Mrs. Caretaker is a widow‚ who has worked since she was 16 years old. Mrs. Caretaker has been employed as a janitor‚ bagger‚ cashier‚ CNA and worked her way through school to become an LPN. The following facts are relevant to her claim. Facts: 1) Mrs. Caretaker has been working as a LPN for 10 years. A year ago‚ while at work‚ Mrs. Caretaker dropped a bottle of pills on the floor. When she bent down to pick of the pills‚ she slipped on a pill and fell to the ground. On her way down
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the journey from LPN to BSN. The journey will be long and difficult‚ yet we all know this is the pathway into the future of nursing. The Licensed practical nurse has slowly faded into the background; the duties once performed now removed from the scope of practice. The LPN’s are being forced to either return to school to obtain an ADN‚ BSN‚ or MSN in order to continue working in the nursing field or remain stagnant and have no hope of career advancement has created a rise in the LPN to RN-BSN programs
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should be from all different levels of the organization so as to foster appropriate changes if necessary in the system. Based on the case study presented‚ it would be important to have a nurse present from the unit/department where Nurse J and the LPN work‚ a respiratory therapist‚ a doctor that works for this hospital in the same capacity as Dr. T‚ a risk manager and a member of the quality improvement team. After the team is formed‚ the first step in the process is to identify what happened. In
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