The Board of Nursing issues opinions, position statements, or resolutions as to what constitutes safe nursing practice. These statements are not regulations of the Board and do not have the force and effect of law but are issued as guidelines to licensees to facilitate the delivery of safe, effective nursing care to the public.
- Abandonment
- Dermatological Procedures
- Display of Nursing Credentials
- Emergency Nursing Care and Flight Nurse Procedures
- Elective IV Infusion and Medication Therapy
- Gastric Band Adjustments by Registered Nurses
- Medical Screening Examinations by RNs
- Medication Administration Opinions and Statements
- Management of Analgesia by Catheter Technique for the Client Experiencing Acute or Chronic Pain by RNs
- Medical Assistant - Supervision by RNs
- Monitoring Care of the Pregnant Woman Receiving Analgesia by Catheter Techniques by RNs
- Role of the RN in the Management of Patients Receiving Moderate Sedation
- Performance of Limited Diagnostic Ultrasound by RNs
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Training
- Vaccination by Student Nurses
Nurses and employers are encouraged to use the Scope of Practice Decision-making Framework as a guide to making decisions on whether a specific task, intervention, or activity is, or is not, in a RN's scope and the Delegation Decision Making Algorithm to guide whether specific nursing tasks may be delegated to unlicensed assistive personnel, e.g. patient care techs, medication aides, certified nurse aides, dialysis technicians.
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