What Vocational Nurses Don’t Do?

1.	What Vocational Nurses Don’t Do?
Answer» Vocational nurses may NOT do Comprehensive assessments like complete medical analysis May not MAKE a medical or nursing diagnosis May not assume RESPONSIBILITY for determining nursing interventions for specific patients May not independently determine or initiate a course of treatment May not PERFORM endotracheal intubation May not administer emergency MEDICATION intravenously or via endotracheal tube May not apply CASTS May not cut a window or bivalve a cast even upon the order of a physician May not dispense medication May not remove an occlusion by aspiration or other means May not initiate or superimpose intravenous fluids into a peripheral site if the infusate contains medications Vocational nurses may NOT do

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Vocational nurses may NOT do

Comprehensive assessments like complete medical analysis
May not MAKE a medical or nursing diagnosis
May not assume RESPONSIBILITY for determining nursing interventions for specific patients
May not independently determine or initiate a course of treatment
May not PERFORM endotracheal intubation
May not administer emergency MEDICATION intravenously or via endotracheal tube
May not apply CASTS
May not cut a window or bivalve a cast even upon the order of a physician
May not dispense medication
May not remove an occlusion by aspiration or other means
May not initiate or superimpose intravenous fluids into a peripheral site if the infusate contains medications

Vocational nurses may NOT do

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