護理師在內外科病房進行護理分配，下列哪位病人適合分配給執業護士 (LPN/LVN) 照護？
A nurse is working on a medical-surgical unit and is assigning care for a group of clients. Which client should the nurse assign to a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)?
- AA client experiencing acute symptoms of hypoglycemia出現急性低血糖症狀的客戶
- BA client who needs education on newly prescribed insulin需要接受新開立胰島素衛教的客戶
- CA client requiring a dressing change for a chronic pressure ulcer✓ 正解需要為慢性壓力性傷口更換敷料的客戶
- DA client newly admitted with suspected pulmonary embolism因疑似肺栓塞新收案的客戶
LPN 職責範圍包含照顧病情穩定、常規且可預測的病人。慢性傷口護理屬常規程序，適合由 LPN 執行。急性肺栓塞病人病情不穩定（D）、需要衛教與評估新藥反應（B）、以及低血糖急性反應（A）皆屬於需要註冊護理師 (RN) 進行批判性思考、評估與決策的任務。
The LPN's scope of practice includes care of stable clients with routine, predictable needs. Care of a chronic pressure ulcer dressing is a routine procedure appropriate for the LPN. A client with acute pulmonary embolism is unstable (D); teaching about a newly prescribed medication and evaluating learning (B); and managing acute hypoglycemia (A) are all tasks that require the critical thinking, assessment, and decision making of a registered nurse (RN).
美國 LPN 職責明確；台灣醫護體系主要由護理師 (RN) 執行所有照顧，無 LPN 分級，多採全責護理。