Barber J L, Bland C, Langdon M B, Michael S
Allegheny General Hospital, Department of Professional Development, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
J Nurses Staff Dev. 2000 May-Jun;16(3):112-7. doi: 10.1097/00124645-200005000-00004.
The role of the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in an acute care setting has been a point of debate for many years. Increasing LPN job responsibility has not been widely reported. In this article, the authors describe the process used to advance the LPN role. Emphasized here is the educators' contribution to the process from inception to implementation.
多年来，执业护士（LPN）在急症护理环境中的角色一直是一个争论点。LPN工作职责的增加尚未得到广泛报道。在本文中，作者描述了推进LPN角色所采用的过程。这里强调的是教育工作者从该过程的启动到实施所做的贡献。
