Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-39-235 - Nursing services
(a) Each nursing
facility for mental health shall employ or have on contract a psychiatric nurse
who shall perform a monthly written evaluation of each resident's response to
the mental health plan of care.
(b) A registered nurse shall perform for each
resident receiving psychotropic medication an annual evaluation for tardive
dyskinesia based on an industry-wide accepted test.
(c) Each nursing facility for mental health
shall have a licensed nurse on duty at all times.
(d) Each facility shall have a registered
nurse on duty at least eight hours a day, seven days a week.
(e) Each facility with 41 or more beds shall
have an additional licensed nurse on duty during the working shift of the
director of nursing.
(f) Each
facility shall provide sufficient direct care staff to manage and supervise
residents in accordance with each resident's mental health plan of care.
(g) Each facility shall provide
sufficient support staff so that direct care staff are not required to perform
cleaning, dietary and maintenance tasks to the extent that those duties
interfere with the exercise of their primary direct care duties.
Notes
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