Other practice settings

Ambulatory Care

LP​Ns working in ambulatory care clinics or offices where surgical procedures are performed:

1. Require a unit orientation that is consistent with LPN entry-level competencies

2. Ass​ist with surgical procedures:
   

• ​​​​​​​After​ s​​​​uccessfully completing additional education

• W​​​​​​​​​hen an authorized health professional is immediately available

LP​Ns do not administer:

1. IV push medications

2. IV medications through a central venous access device, or a central venous line

3. Intrathecal medications

4. Intra-osseous medications

5. Medications into epidural spaces

6. Medications into perineural spaces

7. Inhaled substances or medications for purposes of anaesthesia or procedural (conscious) sedation

LP​​Ns work in a team nursing approach to provide care and monitor clients under:

1. General anesthesia

2. Intrathecal anesthesia

3. Epidural anesthesia

4. Procedural sedation

LP​​Ns work in a team nursing approach to care for clients recovering from epidural anesthesia after successfully completing additional education.

Antenatal Care

LPNs working in antenatal clinics require a unit orientation consistent with LPN entry-level competencies.

LPNs provide antenatal care:

1. To healthy women with an uncomplicated pregnancy

2. In ​a team approach with medical practitioners, midwives, registered nurses and/or nu​rse practitioners

Als​​o see Restricted Activities with Orders #17

​Emergency Room

LPNs working in emergency rooms require a unit orientation that is consistent with LPN ​entry-level competencies.

LPNs do not triage clients in emergency rooms (ERs).

LPN​s work in a team nursing approach to provide care for clients with stable or predictable states of health

A​​​lso see Non-R​estricted Activities #2 and #3

​Hemodialysis

LPNs working in hemodialysis settings carry out hemodialysis:

1. For clients with stable or predictable states of health
   

2. After successfully completing post-basic education through an in-house program offered by a health authority affiliated with BC Renal
   

3. By following decision support tools established by a health authority affiliated with BC Renal

4. When a registered nurse is immediately available

5. Using ​​an arteriovenous (AV) fistula or AV graft
   

LPNs working in hemodialysis settings manage, access and maintain central venous lines and central venous access devices used specifically for hemodialysis by:

1. Changing dressings on central venous access lines specific to dialysis access only

2. Measuring visible central venous access lines specific to dialysis access only
   

3. Carryi​​ng out dialysis through a central venous access line specific to dialysis access only
   

​LPNs working in hemodialysis settings administer solutions, substances and Schedule I, IA, II and III drugs by any route, including intravenous and IV push, as part of routine hemodialysis procedures.

1. Intrathecal medications

2. Intra-osseous medications

3. Medications into epidural spaces

4. Medications into perineural spaces

5. Inhaled substances or medications for purposes of anaesthesia or procedural (conscious) sedation

LPNs w​​orking in hemodialysis settings monitor clients receiving blood or blood products in a team nursing approach.

​LPNs working in hemodialysis settings do not start transfusions of blood or blood products.

Mental Health and Substance Use

LPNs working in settings where substance use or a mental health disorder is the primary diagnosis require an orientation that is consistent with LPN entry-level competencies.

LPN​s work in a team nursing approach to provide care for clients whose primary diagnosis is substance use or a mental health disorder after successfully completing additional education.

Perioperative

LPNs work in a scrub or circulating role in the operating room (OR):

1. After successfully completing formal post-basic education

2. When a r​egistered nurse is immediately available

LPNs do not administer:

1. IV push medications

2. IV medications through a central venous access device, or a central venous line

3. Intrathecal medications

4. Intra-osseous medications

5. Medications into epidural spaces

6. Medications into perineural spaces

7. Inhaled substances or medications for purposes of anaesthesia or procedural () sedation

LPNs w​​​orking in a perioperative setting work in a team nursing approach to provide care and monitor clients under:

1. General anesthesia

2. Intrathecal anesthesia

3. Epidural anesthesia

4. Procedural sedation

Postpartum Care

LPNs working in postpartum settings require a unit orientation consistent with LPN entry-level competencies that includes:

1. Infant resuscitation as part of a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course for health professionals
   

2. The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) modules 1-4 and 9
   

3. ​​Newborn and maternal assessment, including breastfeeding, consistent with the Perinatal Services British Columbia (PSBC) Newborn Clinical Pathway and the Postpartum Clinical Pathway

LPNs provide care for mothers and newborns:

1. W​ith stable or predicta​ble states of health
   

2. W​hen a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, midwife and/or medical practitioner is immediately available

LPNs take heel pricks after successfully co​​mpleting additional education.

Medical Aesthetics¹​

​​​LPNs successfully complete additional education² before providing medical aesthetic procedures.

LPNs a​dministering injectable drugs or substances or implantable devices for medical aesthetic purposes only do so: