W. Va. Code R. § 19-13-2 - Definitions of Terms

2.1. "Board" means the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses;

2.2. "Delegation" means the transfer of responsibility for the performance of a selected task or activity from a licensed physician or registered professional nurse authorized to perform the task or activity to an individual who does not have the statutory authority to perform the task or activity.

2.3. "Dialysis technician training program" means the three hundred twenty clock hours of instruction for hemodialysis care by dialysis technicians, including both classroom and supervised clinical components; and, approved out of state programs that meet the requirements of the board.

2.4. "Discontinue" means to cease or stop the treatment.

2.5. "Initiation of dialysis care" means appropriately preparing the dialysis machine and extra corporeal circuit for dialysis according to the physician order.

2.6. "Monitor" means to collect objective and subjective data and observe the dialysis patient for signs or symptoms of any change in physiological or psychosocial status or of complications related to dialysis, to check or regulate the performance of the machines used in performing dialysis, and to report any irregularity to the licensed physician or registered professional nurse as appropriate.

2.7. "Nurse administrator" means the registered professional nurse responsible for administering a board-approved dialysis technician training program;

2.8. "Preceptor" means a registered professional nurse or a dialysis technician with at least one (1) year of full time experience in providing dialysis care in the previous two (2) years.

2.9. "Site visit" means an announced or unannounced visit to a dialysis training program by a board representative to determine whether the program meets or maintains the minimum standards required by the board.

2.10. "Training Program" means a dialysis training program;

2.11. "Dialysis technician trainee" means an individual enrolled in an approved dialysis technician program.

Notes

W. Va. Code R. § 19-13-2