Compare And Contrast Lpn And Rn

When comparing an LPN and an RN, it is very important to understand what their roles are and what they can do versus what they can’t do. An RN conducts nursing assessments of the health on patients. They collect data through observing, examining, and talking to the patient. LPN’s can do the same assessment, but RN’s are able to go into more detail (Regulations and Licensure, 2004). LPN’s make nursing diagnoses that contribute to helping the patient’s needs. To do this, they identify the symptoms of the patient and compare it to a normal health status. An RN does this by documenting the responses to health conditions. This can be based off collected data (Regulations and Licensure, 2004). RNs have a higher authority to LPNs because they are

trained and educated more in-depth. LPN’s are able to make a care plan for the patient to help them with whatever diagnosis they have. They are to be aware of the patient’s beliefs, religion, ethnicity, and culture. They are to setting goals for them to improve. RNs develop plans for both the patient and their families. Just like LPNs, they need to keep in mind the patient’s culture, beliefs, religion, and ethnicity. RNs are to make goals for the patient, and give nursing interventions for them (Regulations and Licensure, 2004). As LPNs, they are to assist and give care to patients. This can include, changing dressings, insert feeding tubes, draw blood, give medications, etc. They are allowed to do these tasks, but it has to be verified by an RN (Weinberg, 2014). Lastly, LPNs are to evaluate the responses of the patient that come from nursing interventions. This can be done by looking at data that was documented through the process. Also, communicating and getting answers from the patients’ health care team. RNs are also to evaluate the response of the patient, but as well as the families. They do this by assessing the data of the patient’s health status, and revising the care or seeing if changes needed to be done with nursing interventions (Regulations and Licensure, 2004).