A licensed practical nurse (LPN) who typically works on a medical unit has been assigned to cover staffing deficits on a surgical unit
After obtaining report, the nurse realizes that one of the assigned patients is currently receiving parenteral nutrition (PN). Which action should the nurse take?
a. Provide patient care as assigned.
b. Ask another nurse to trade patients for the shift.
c. Notify the supervisor that another nurse will need to be pulled.
d. Notify the charge nurse that an adjustment in the patient assignment is necessary.
ANS: D
Usually, registered nurses (RNs) are responsible for administering PN. Therefore, the LPN should discuss the assignment with the charge nurse and seek a possible adjustment. A. Providing patient care as assigned would be beyond the LPN's scope of practice. B. The LPN cannot make a patient care assignment change. C. The LPN needs to work through the charge nurse.
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