NCLEX-PN

●​ Perform any of the tasks that UAPs (Unlicensed Assistive Personnel) are permitted to perform (see below) ●​ Delegate tasks to UAPs (Unlicensed Assistive Personnel)

Tasks that an LPN may perform include the ability to:

●​ Administer medications that are not high-risk

○​ For example, LPNs may administer standard oral medications, but not medications such as heparin or chemotherapeutic agents ○​ Note: some states do not permit LPN to administer intravenous medications of any kind

●​ Administer a nasogastric (NG) tube feeding ●​ Perform wound dressing changes ●​ Monitor blood products

○​ LPNs may not, however, initiate the infusion of blood products; only an RN may initiate the infusion

●​ Do tracheostomy care ●​ Perform suctioning ●​ Check nasogastric tube patency ●​ Administer enteral feedings ●​ Insert a urinary catheter

With further education and certification only, LPNs may administer:

●​ Maintenance IV fluids ●​ IV medications via piggy-back ●​ Monitor infusions of IV fluids

It is not within an LPN’s scope of practice to:

●​ Administer high risk medications of any kind (such as Heparin and chemotherapeutic medications) ●​ Administer IV push medications of any kind ●​ Titrate medications of any kind

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