A portrait of First Lady Anna Harrison, wife of President William Henry Harrison Anna Harrison. Courtesy US Library of Congress. She never even entered the White House -- she had delayed coming to Washington, and had not yet traveled there when her husband, William Harrison, died a month after his inauguration.
When the patient is unable to breathe or there is damage or swelling in the airway that prevents air from moving in and out of the lungs, intubation may be necessary to save the patientâs life. Some states permit RNs to intubate patients for emergency purposes or to administer anesthesia.
I understand that nurses can't delegate to lpn's and na's anything that deals with nursing judgement, assessments, and teaching. However, other than these 3 things I am not understanding what we can delegate to lpn/na's. Could someone link me a website or just write down what RN's can and can't delegate. I am readin the 4th ed. saunders book and I don't see anything on delegation...could someone point to me the page on delegation in teh saunders book? I know that NA's can perform ADL's, feeding, urine collection, ambulation, etc. But I am unsure of what rn's can delegate to lpn's. Someone told me that lpn's can't administer I.V. drugs...however I have seen with my eye in clinicals a lpn administer 2ml's of morphine IV push.