Nev. Admin. Code § 449.5525 - Orientation program for new employees; continuing education
1. Each facility shall develop and carry out
a program to orient and familiarize each new employee of the facility with:
(a) The policies and operation of the
facility; and
(b) The
responsibilities of the position for which the employee is employed by the
facility.
2. Each new
member of the staff of a facility who will provide care directly to patients of
the facility must be allowed a sufficient period to become familiar with the
facility. The orientation program provided by the facility for each of those
new members must:
(a) Be at least 2 weeks in
duration, if the new member has experience concerning the performance of
dialysis; and
(b) Include 2 weeks
of training concerning the direct care of patients of the facility, if the new
member has no experience concerning the performance of dialysis.
3. If a facility employs a
licensed nurse who has no experience concerning the performance of dialysis,
the orientation program provided by the facility to that nurse must be at least
6 weeks in duration and must include training in the following subjects:
(a) Fluid, electrolyte and acid-base
balance;
(b) Kidney disease and the
treatment of that disease;
(c)
Dietary management of kidney disease;
(d) Principles of dialysis;
(e) Dialysis technology;
(f) Techniques for performing
venipuncture;
(g) Care of the
dialysis patient;
(h)
Psychological, social, financial and physical complications of long-term
dialysis;
(i) Prevention of
hepatitis and other diseases; and
(j) Risks and benefits of reusing
hemodialyzers, if the facility reuses any hemodialyzer in providing treatment
to a patient of the facility.
4. Each facility shall ensure that each
member of the staff of the facility who provides care to a patient of the
facility completes a course of continuing education concerning end-stage renal
disease. The course must be at least 5 hours in duration and must be completed
annually by each such member of the staff of the facility. The course may be
provided by a member of the staff of the facility.
Notes
NRS 449.0302
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