If I make a mistake in RN clinicals will my LPN license be revoked?

hello all !!

i am a lpn returning to rn school. i'm super excited and can't wait !!! class starts monday.

anyway, if i was to make a terrible mistake in clinicals will my lpn license be revoked? i know that as a student we are practicing under our instructors license. i'm just not sure.

i also wanted to know from other lpns if you found rn school to be easier or harder being that you are already a nurse and have experience. i hope somethings such as critical thinking will be easier for me. i just pray that my experience as a nurse will give me a step up. i also recognize that i am a student and i promise i will not do any thing besides ( adl care) with out my instructors and nurse approval. too bad my instructors know i'm a lpn so i'm sure they may expect a little more out of me.
As a student, you are to function under school policy. In the clinical setting, you are also bound by hospital policy. If you violate the hospital policy, the hospital might bar your school from doing clinicals there. If you don't follow the rules and you do anything that causes harm to a patient, you should be dismissed from the program. At school, you are a student. You are to follow instructions. You are not an independent LVN contractor who will be getting a 1099 at the end of tax season. I know that because one student gave morphine overdose accidentally to a pediatric patient in the absence of the instructor. The instructor had told all the students to notify her prior to giving meds. The outcome was bad. Listen to your instructor. I repeat: LISTEN TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR

I'm not an LPN but I am in my last semester in nursing school and I have found that, in general, clinicals are set up in such a way that you are not doing anything out of your scope of knowledge. Your clinical responsibility grows according to your knowledge and progresses with each semester. As an LPN you will probably feel pretty comfortable with a lot of the beginning clinical skills and just being around patients in general which will help. But you shouldn't be expected to just jump in there and work, because you need to learn the RN piece. My first semester was vitals, bed baths, head to toe assessments, etc. on stable patients and then you build on that. For legal purposes meds should be given with an instructor (even if you are licensed as an LPN) And as always, if you are not comfortable doing something, don't. Ask for help. And yes, you are technically working under your instructors license so it shouldn't affect your LPN license in any way. Good luck!

Thanks for the replies so far. Once again, I already know not to do ANYTHING without instructor supervision/approval. I'm a student. I just wanted to know if I made an honest mistake would if affect my LPN license. Both responses helped answer my question. Thanks again.

I was always told during my clinicals that student can be held accountable for mistakes and they can be sued. It may vary by state but as far as I know you really aren't under the "umbrella" of ur instructor as you have experience and are going through classes you are accountable for the information taught to you. If you are unsure I know the NSO website can cover students with malpractice insurance...may be worth looking into for the peace of mind. And as always, look at the hospital policy before you do anything you have never done before. Good luck

Quote from AyelofloAs a student, you are to function under school policy. In the clinical setting, you are also bound by hospital policy. If you violate the hospital policy, the hospital might bar your school from doing clinicals there. If you don't follow the rules and you do anything that causes harm to a patient, you should be dismissed from the program. At school, you are a student. You are to follow instructions. You are not an independent LVN contractor who will be getting a 1099 at the end of tax season. I know that because one student gave morphine overdose accidentally to a pediatric patient in the absence of the instructor. The instructor had told all the students to notify her prior to giving meds. The outcome was bad. Listen to your instructor. I repeat: LISTEN TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR

I recently graduated from RN school, after being an LPN. The most important thing to remember when you are in the clinical setting is that you are functioning as a student, not a nurse. I did not even let the nurses that I worked with in the hospital during clinicals know that I have an LPN license, to keep them from thinking that I was qualified to do things that I was perfectly qualified, to do but did not know if I was allowed to do as a student. Just don't do anything without the instructor knowing, and you should not make any serious mistakes

Quote from jessica.lanelleI recently graduated from RN school, after being an LPN. The most important thing to remember when you are in the clinical setting is that you are functioning as a student, not a nurse. I did not even let the nurses that I worked with in the hospital during clinicals know that I have an LPN license, to keep them from thinking that I was qualified to do things that I was perfectly qualified, to do but did not know if I was allowed to do as a student. Just don't do anything without the instructor knowing, and you should not make any serious mistakes

i know that because one student gave morphine overdose accidentally to a pediatric patient in the absence of the instructor. the instructor had told all the students to notify her prior to giving meds. the outcome was bad. wow, i have to ask, did the child make it? did the nurse get to stay in school? that is so sad.

Quote from TF4L10Wow! A Peds patient and narcotics unsupervised. Now that's a lack of clinical judgement even a student should have. School is only the beginning. I know I only have acquired a fraction of the knowledge I will need as a nurse and I will probably not retain all it. But I believe that I will be competant enough to make sound clinical judgements regarding the safety of my patients, probably most importantly knowing what I don't know. Although I hope that story is not the norm (i certainly have not experienced a situation with myself or my classmates) it is none the less an important lesson.

I would think that it would be common sense not to do anything that would be LPN license endangering. At the worst, you would be held to the standards of your license should the occasion present itself. After all, your education is beyond that of the generic student who does not possess an LPN license.

Quote from cheyfirei know that because one student gave morphine overdose accidentally to a pediatric patient in the absence of the instructor. the instructor had told all the students to notify her prior to giving meds. the outcome was bad. wow, i have to ask, did the child make it? did the nurse get to stay in school? that is so sad.

Its amazing how I read only the title and automatically knew it was you who wrote it :-)