It Takes a Team!
A recent College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta blog post (Let’s Get Some Facts Straight!) generated overwhelming response from our members, and for this we thank you. The passion and commitment within the Licensed Practical Nurse profession is boldly evident, but the ongoing frustration is also evident.
Health care is inherently interprofessional. It takes a team of providers for quality health care delivery. No single profession can or should deliver all the services required by a patient. Therefore, it makes sense to have different levels of education within providers. Think of it this way, it wouldn’t make sense to have a person educated at a PhD level providing basic nursing or starting all the intravenous lines. Different levels of education make sense; it is not a bad thing that we are different! The trouble is our differences are not valued. Read on…
