SAMPLE NCLEX-LPN
● Planning : The LPN can collaborate in the planning phase; care plans provide a course of directionforpersonalizedcaretailoredtoanindividual’suniqueneeds,subjecttothereviewand approval of the RN. ● Implementation : During the implementation phase, the LPN is expected to deliver the determinedinterventionspertheclient'scareplan,whichtheRNmustdetermine.TheLPN/LVN applies communication skills for educating clients and addressing client and family concerns. ● Evaluation :TheLPNcontributestotheevaluationofindividualizedinterventionsrelatedtothe care plan or treatment plan. The RN evaluates the progress toward the goals/outcomes identifiedinthepreviousphasestogetherwiththeLPN/LVN,whocanprovideobservationsand suggestions for the accomplishment of the plan of care. The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics and Neonatal Nursing recommendsthattherolesand responsibilitiesoftheLPNbeconsistentwiththestatenursepracticeactgoverningthelocationwhere the LPN practices as well as consistent with organizational policies and individual training and experience. Depending on those factors, appropriate tasks may include but are not limited to the following: ● Newborn care : collecting vital signs, performing glucose testing, conducting phlebotomy and newborn screening, facilitating skin-to-skin, providing parent/family education, bathing the newborn, assisting with newborn feeding, and introducing newborn education classes. ● Postpartum care : performing dressing changes, collecting vital signs, performing glucose testing, removing or inserting indwelling urinary catheters, using a bladder scanner, assisting with ambulation/fall prevention, activities of daily living and prevention of infant drops, conductingphlebotomy,providingperinealcare,educatingclient/family,providinglactationand feeding education, and discharge education. ● Labor, delivery, and recovery : collectingmaternalvitalsignsofalaboringclient,chaperoning duringsensitiveexaminationsandtreatments,performingglucosetesting,removingorinserting indwelling urinary catheters, facilitating skin-to-skin during the golden hour, offering assistive support during delivery, providing client/family education, assisting during emergency events, taking client histories, conducting phlebotomy, perineal care, and assistance with ambulation. A. Antepartum Care: Monitoring the Health of Mother and Baby Antepartumcare,alsoknownas prenatalcare ,iscrucialtoensuringthehealthandwell-beingofboth theexpectantmotherandtheirbaby.Thiscomprehensivecarebeginsthemomentaclientdiscoversshe is pregnant and continues for several weeks after the baby is born. This section will explorethekey components of antepartum care and emphasize the importance of monitoring various aspects of the mother's health and the developing fetus. ● Calculating the Expected Delivery Date and Monitoring Fetal Development : One of the priorities in antepartum care is calculating the expected delivery date. Calculation of the expecteddeliverydateisdonebyaddingsevendaysandninemonthstothefirstdayofthelast
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