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Capo

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How can the new graduate LPN best meet the ongoing educational requirements of the nursing profession?
 
  1.
  Sit in on the classes taken during nursing school as a refresher course.
  2.
  Share ideas with coworkers during quiet times at work.
  3.
  Ask your nursing supervisor to teach you about new things.
  4.
  Join a professional organization to attend seminars.

Question 2

How can the LPN expand practice areas without advancing their career by becoming a registered nurse?
 
 1. Attain certification in a specific area.
 2. Work in a nursing specialty area.
 3. Work in the same facility for five or more years.
 4. Learn by watching how other nurses perform at work.




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Answer to Question 1

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Nursing constantly changes and in five years, 50 percent of what you learned in school could be obsolete. When you join a professional organization, you receive their journal, which will keep you up to date. There will also be periodic seminars you can attend.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1
An LPN can expand his or her practice by becoming certified in a specific area. This certification can lead to a job change or advancement in the same facility. Professional healthcare organizations grant national certification in such areas as hospice care, gerontology, and stoma therapy. Certification also can come from an agency, such as certification in IV therapy.



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