The recognition and use of the LPN/LVN began because of RN shortages and a reevaluation of LPN/LVNs as team leaders. What is the approximate year of this change in staffing?
a. 1940s
b. 1950s
c. 1960s
d. 1970s
B
Team nursing with LPN/LVN leadership was introduced in the 1950s as a result of a shortage of RNs and an abundance of auxiliary nursing personnel, whose skills and leadership potential were reevaluated.
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