PRACTICAL NURSING FAQs 1. WHAT IS PRACTICAL NURSING?
• classroom/theoretical discussions; • skills and procedures laboratory with return-demo & • clinical exposures/RLEs. After finishing the PN program for at least a year, the graduates may apply for eligibility for the licensure exam; once they meet the requirements from the US Board of Nursing, they may take the NCLEX-PN. The duties and responsibilities of Practical Nurses include mostly bedside care such as: taking of vital signs, giving medications (including injections), performing basic diagnostic tests, performing assessments, observing patients, dressing wounds and assisting the clients in their ADLs (activities of daily living). They also do patient care planning, first aid, CPR & sterile & isolation procedures. They are under the supervision of an RN, physicians, and/or dentists. PNs are state licensed and they have to ensure client safety and quality of nursing care or they can face malpractice or negligence. 2. ARE THERE PNs ABROAD? Yes. In the U.S. they are called LPNs at th
