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What Is an LVN?
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What's the Difference Between an RN & a PN?
What Education Is Required to Become an RN?
Different Job Types for RNs
What Is the Difference Between RN & LVN?
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How Much Do RNs Make on Average?
Why Is There a Shortage of RNs?
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How to Become an LPN
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Average Cost of a Bachelor's Degree for an RN
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Why Is There a Shortage of School Nurses?
Starting Salary for RNs in California
Requirements to Become a Registered Nurse
What Is Pediatric Nursing?
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How to Become a Certified Nurse's Assistant
Reasons to Become a Nurse
What Does It Take to Become a Nurse?
What Is a School Nurse?
How to Become a School Nurse
What Are the Differences Between an LPN & an RN?
Nursing Career Benefits
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Summary: An RN is a registered nurse, and an LVN is a licensed practical nurse. The main difference in the jobs is related to what medications LVNs are allowed to administer. Find out why LVNs are an important part of health care with help from a licensed RN in this free video on nursing jobs and health care.
Kayti Brosnan has been a licensed RN in the state of Texas since 2003. She has worked in a variety of sub-specialties and roles as a nurse, including CIMC/CPCU, telemetry,...read more
"Hi, my name is Kayti Brosnan. I'm a registered nurse here in Austin, Texas, and I'm going to tell you today, what the difference between an RN, and an LVN is. First of all, an RN is a Registered Nurse, and an LVN is a Licensed Vocational Nurse. That's interchanged with the term LPN, or Licensed Practical Nurse. The only difference there, is that the states of California and Texas, use the term LVN, so know that those can be interchanged. The main difference between an RN, and a LVN, is the schooling, and what LVNs are allowed to administer, medication wise, so an LVN is doing a lot of the same things in a clinical setting, that a registered nurse is, but they're doing it under the delegation and supervision of either a registered nurse, or a charge nurse, or directly under the supervision of a physician. A lot of these things entail vital signs, specimen collection, activities of daily living, patient care, wound care, education, but there are state regulated limitations, as to what an LVN can actually administer, or assess in some cases. It's also good to know that LVNs are a really important part of health care, and some of the best, wisest, and hardest working nurses I've worked alongside of, have been LVNs, so just because there's a little bit of difference, and there's different titles, doesn't mean that there not an important part of health care, and working in the hospital, and that's the difference between an RN, and an LVN."
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