LVN Scope of Practice Texas

Scope of Practice for Licensed Vocational Nurse in Texas
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March 4, 2018
The role of a nurse has a wide scope, from the provision of healthcare to educating patients about the importance and methods of preventive healthcare. However, this is only a general scope and the field of nursing could be dissected into many more pieces while their functions could also vary from one state to another. One of its fields is Licensed Vocational Nursing (aka LVN). A Licensed Vocational Nurse is “a person with specified training who has become licensed to provide vocational assistance to patients CITATION Licnd \l 1033 (Dictionary.com, n.d.)”. In the state of Texas, an LVN’s scope of practice is that which is similar to other nurses but requires supervision. According to the Nursing Board of Texas (n.d.), “The LVN is responsible for providing safe, compassionate and focused nursing care to assigned patients with predictable health care needs”. Nevertheless, some of the specific functions of an LVN includes ...