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Cap, Gown, and Career Goals: Bachelor of Science in Nursing SIMPath® Grad Lands Supervisor Job and Charts Path to Master of Science in Nursing

Post University

Encouraged to Become a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Sabrina’s supervisor nudged her to take the next step in her career. After six years as a CNA, Sabrina finally enrolled in an LPN program and finished in 2011. Now, in a full-circle milestone, she leads the center’s team of LPNs and CNAs.

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What Massachusetts Schools Offer Accelerated BSN Programs: Second Degree BSN

Registered Nursing

Best practice simulations. Campus Based - Website For Registered Nurses (RNs). Campus-based program. Focus on holistic care. Integrates liberal arts and sciences. Emphasizes diversity and inclusion. Real-world case studies. Aligned with AACN standards.

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An LPN Is Suspected When a Medication Count Comes up Short

Nurse.com

Two weeks after an LPN worked a night shift, she was informed by the director of nursing that there was a discrepancy with the narcotic medication count. The LPN insisted the count was right when she finished her shift. The LPN wonders what she should do and what might happen to her. What should the LPN do now?

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LPNs in modified care delivery models

American Nurse

Nurse leaders from a mid-Atlantic 12-hospital health system reviewed best practices for improving unit outcomes and identified a need for modified care delivery models. A care delivery model redesign, featuring licensed practical nurses) in an expert-led team-based approach was measured for success. In 2022, 46.1%

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Team Up to Tackle Care Redesign

Health Leaders | Nursing

The floor team consists of a nurse and either an LPN or CNA, with the former handling the nursing duties at the bedside and the latter doing tasks that don’t require an RN. Teaming a nurse with an LPN/CNA, she says, enables the nurse to work at the top of his or her license. Trinity’s three-person strategy is unique.

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The Exec: Nurse Satisfaction is Rising, Patient Calls are Falling with UnityPoint Health's New Care Model

Health Leaders | Nursing

It’s a bridge between what you would normally refer to as a house administrative supervisor and the unit charge nurse and so those roles in addition to a licensed role or flex roles can include an LPN or an RN. There's a flex role that we've built into the model that is used, depending on the patient care needs that day.

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LPNs in modified care delivery models – Reader and Author Responses

American Nurse

The authors go on to say that literature identified introducing LPNs into delivery models as a “best practice.” That is not accurate as there is robust research showing that the greater the number of LPNs in hospitals, the worse the outcomes for patients. Sincerely, Morgan Studdard, RN, BSN, CMSRN Jacksonville, Fla.

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