Nev. Admin. Code § 632.255 - Scope of practice
An advanced practice registered nurse may perform the following acts in addition to the functions of a registered nurse if the advanced practice registered nurse is properly prepared and the acts are currently within the standard of practice for his or her role and population of focus:
1. Systematically assess the
health status of persons and families by:
(a)
Taking, recording and interpreting medical histories and performing physical
examinations; and
(b) Performing or
initiating selected diagnostic procedures.
2. Based on information obtained in the
assessment of a person's health, manage the care of selected persons and
families with common, acute, recurrent or long-term health problems. Management
may include:
(a) Initiation of a program of
treatment;
(b) Evaluation of
responses to health problems and programs of treatment;
(c) Informing a person or family of the
status of the patient's health and alternatives for care;
(d) Evaluation of compliance with a program
of treatment agreed upon by the person or family and the advanced practice
registered nurse;
(e) Modification
of programs of treatment based on the response of the person or family to
treatment;
(f) Referral to
appropriate providers of health care; and
(g) Commencement of care required to
stabilize a patient's condition in an emergency.
3. Any other act if:
(a) The advanced practice registered nurse is
certified to perform that act by an organization recognized by the
Board;
(b) The performance of the
act was taught in the program of education attended by the advanced practice
registered nurse;
(c) The
performance of the act was taught in a comprehensive program of instruction
successfully completed by the advanced practice registered nurse, which
included clinical experience;
(d)
The act is within the scope of practice of an advanced practice registered
nurse as determined by the Board; or
(e) The advanced practice registered nurse is
trained to perform that act by a physician or another advanced practice
registered nurse and the act:
(1) Has been
described as being performed by an advanced practice registered nurse in two or
more national nursing publications, national nursing practice guidelines or
national standards for nursing practice, or any combination thereof, which are
listed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health
Literature, as adopted by reference in NAC 632.110; or
(2) Has been individually approved by the
Board.
Notes
NRS 632.120, 632.237
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