An LPN wishes to take up the position of team leader and asks for suggestions from an experienced nurse. What role should the experienced nurse suggest the LPN to perform?
A) Take charge as a nurse providing IV therapy.
B) Supervise unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP).
C) Work as a nurse providing specialty care to pediatrics.
D) Assign clients to individual teams of a nursing home.
B
Feedback:
An experienced nurse, when giving suggestions to an LPN on the leadership roles, should suggest that the nurse take the role of supervising UAPs. An LPN is not given a leadership role unless he or she has good clinical expertise. LPNs cannot take charge as nurses providing IV therapy or providing care to pediatrics, unless they satisfy standards set to provide IV therapy. LPN/LVNs are provided training in these specialty areas under the supervision of senior nurses to give them clinical exposure. An LPN can coordinate and assign clients to individual nurses in a team, but not to individual teams in a nursing home.
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