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Hospitals ask committee to clarify LPN scope language to let nurses practice to top of training
Summary
NH Hospital Association and nursing leaders asked the committee to amend HB 1030 to remove wording that limits LPNs to "focused" assessments and to change 'participating in' to 'contributing to' care, saying program curricula already teach comprehensive assessments and the change would reduce confusion and underutilization.
CONCORD, N.H. — The House committee heard Jan. 21 from nursing leaders and hospital officials who requested clarifying amendments to House Bill 1030 to modernize practical‑nurse scope language.
Alyssa Cummings, an interim nursing director at Dartmouth‑Hitchcock, said LPN programs now train graduates to perform broader assessments than some statutory language reflects and asked the committee to remove the phrase "focused"…
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