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According to the California Scope of regulation for nursing “A health facility licensed pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (f), of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code shall not assign unlicensed personnel to perform nursing functions in lieu of a registered nurse and may not allow unlicensed personnel to perform functions under the direct clinical supervision of a registered nurse that require a substantial amount of scientific knowledge and technical skills”. These skills include medication administration, venipuncture/IV therapy, parental or tube feedings, invasive procedures including NG tubes, assessment of patient condition, and educating patients.Unlicensed assistive personnel cannot perform any of these skills, but they can assist with ADLs and comfort care; while a LVN can administer medication, reinforce the nurse teaching, and nurses could delegate more tasks to them. Starting in 2008, Nurse Practitioners can be qualified/certified through holding a valid RN license, then poses a master’s degree in nursing and complete an NP program approved by the board. NPs can perform “a physical examination by the nurse practitioner and collaboration with a physician and surgeon, certify disability pursuant to Section 2708 of the Unemployment Insurance Code” and NP can furnish drugs and devices under supervision of a physician or surgeon.
Answer: According to the California Scope of regulation for nursing, the licence is divided in sections as a, b, or f. which may not allow unlicensed personnel to perform functions under the direct clinical supervision of a registered nurse that require a substantial amount of scientific knowledge and technical skills. These skills includes mainly medications, therapy, parental or tube feedings, invasive procedures including NG tubes, assessment of patient condition, and educating patients.Unlicensed assistive personnel cannot perform any of these skills, but they can assist with ADLs and comfort care; while a LVN can administer medication, reinforce the nurse teaching, and nurses could delegate more tasks to them.
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please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: As a nurse, when you supervise Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) or Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), our role as nurses must be to take into account patient safety, the competency of the staff members and the acuity of the patients. The RN who supervises must know the basic competencies and their ability to perform the task. I intend to take accountability and know when to delegate and how...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: I believe nurses as lobbyists are essential to the growth of nursing as a profession. Nurses who lobby and push for political change in healthcare do it to advocate for their patients, change in practice issues, and to advocate for the nursing profession. Nursing is the number one trusted profession; they perform direct patient care and can offer a point of view that others in politics cannot. In...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Equating status and authority cause confusion in a healthcare team. The reason for this confusion arises in understanding the key difference between status and authority. Status can also be considered power and it is the ability to influence others and be able to control their actions, and authority is the legal right to be able to give orders (Sepasi et al., 2016). Power is something that is and...
please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: Provision 3 of the Code of Ethics for Nurses states "the Nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient". When I am working as a RN, these provision is something that I need to practice and accomplish everyday. Nurses are patient advocates and we accomplish this by educating our patients to ensure they are making informed decisions, involving the...
please reply back to this post and ask one question regarding this post: I consider myself a lifelong learner both as a nurse and in my personal life. I believe in nursing, the idea of acquiring knowledge and learning new things are essential. For example, everyone may have a preferred technique for priming a line. When you open yourself up to learning, you allow yourself pick up tips and tricks from other nurses we encounter in the field that may...
please reply back to this post and ask one question regarding this post: I consider myself a lifelong learner, especially in the nursing profession. There are different aspects in nursing that promote continuous growth and development. Nursing have several roles and are not confined into one area in the medical field. Nurses can further their practices with an advanced degree or specialization, such as nurse practitioner or nurse anesthetist. As a health care provider, standard of practice is always evolving,...
Please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: Strategies I use to develop an improved understanding of my communication style include an enthusiastic tone of voice which I personally find that people gravitate and enjoy being around. In addition, I like to speak assertively which is “the ability to express positive and negative ideas and feelings in an open, honest, and direct way” (Impact Factory, 2019). Speaking assertively is something that took time to achieve...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding to this post. The nursing profession is so diverse when it comes to scheduling. Depending in the area of discipline you work it will come with different demands. Some facilities carry out different shifts such as twelve hours shifts and in others a nurse may work a shorter shift such as an eight hour shift. Most nurses these days work three days with twelve hour shifts in a week. Patient...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Lobbying is essential to the growth of the nursing profession. As nursing professionals, it is our responsibility to be involved in advocating for patient safety, standards of care, and healthy work environments (Lockhart, 2017). Nurses can participate in local or state organizations to help voice concerns of engaged professionals. A nurse can assume a leadership position in the healthcare system or contact elected officials. Collectively, nurses have the...
please reply back to this post and ask one question regarding this post: After browsing through the Sigma Theta Tau website, I discovered the education section under the “Learn & Grow” tab. The “Education” section provides a list of courses accordingly. For example, there is a “student or new nurse” section that is linked to courses with a wide range of topics and corresponding continuing education credits (Sigma Nursing, 2019). In addition to the categorized course listing, the same page...