State Nurse Practice Act Question Title * 1. Complete the following information: Your Name Your Email Your State Date of most recent revisions/updates to your nurse practice act Frequency of updates Question Title * 2. What is the composition of your State Board of Nursing? Total # of members Total # of RNs Total # of LPNs/LVNs Others: please identify and list total # Question Title * 3. What authority does your State Board of Nursing have in disciplinary action taken against a registered nurs? i.e. fine, loss of license, etc. Question Title * 4. Advanced Practice RN: Indicate what level of practice is allowed in your state:Full Practice Authority - generally defined as an APRN's ability to utilize knowledge, skills, and judgment to practice to the full extent of his or her education and training.Reduced Practice - state practice and licensure law reduces the ability of nurse practitioners to engage in at least one element of NP practice. State law requires a regulated collaborative agreement with an outside health discipline in order for the NP to provide patient care or limits the setting or scope of one or more elements of NP practice.Restricted Practice - state practice and licensure law restricts the ability of a nurse practitioner to engage in at least one element of NP practice. State requires supervision, delegation, or team-management by an outside health discipline in order for the NP to provide patient care. Full Practice Authority Restricted Practice Reduced Practice Question Title * 5. Identify those tasks only a registered nurse may perform as outlined in state rules and/or regulations, i.e. assessment/evaluation, drug administration, venipunctures, education, prescriptive authority, etc. Question Title * 6. Are LPNs/LVNs permitted to: Yes Yes, with limitations (please detail in comments) No Administer medications/fluids? Administer medications/fluids? Yes Administer medications/fluids? Yes, with limitations (please detail in comments) Administer medications/fluids? No Supervise unlicensed personnel? Supervise unlicensed personnel? Yes Supervise unlicensed personnel? Yes, with limitations (please detail in comments) Supervise unlicensed personnel? No Delegate to unlicensed personnel? Delegate to unlicensed personnel? Yes Delegate to unlicensed personnel? Yes, with limitations (please detail in comments) Delegate to unlicensed personnel? No Give IV push medications? Give IV push medications? Yes Give IV push medications? Yes, with limitations (please detail in comments) Give IV push medications? No Access central venous catheters? Access central venous catheters? Yes Access central venous catheters? Yes, with limitations (please detail in comments) Access central venous catheters? No Perform venipunctures? Perform venipunctures? Yes Perform venipunctures? Yes, with limitations (please detail in comments) Perform venipunctures? No Perform peritoneal dialysis? Perform peritoneal dialysis? Yes Perform peritoneal dialysis? Yes, with limitations (please detail in comments) Perform peritoneal dialysis? No Comments: Question Title * 7. Does your State Board of Nursing by statute or regulation address RN delegation authority: Yes No To unlicensed personnel? To unlicensed personnel? Yes To unlicensed personnel? No To dialysis technicians in particular? To dialysis technicians in particular? Yes To dialysis technicians in particular? No Is delegation allowed by another profession, for example, physician?If yes, please specify in comments Is delegation allowed by another profession, for example, physician?If yes, please specify in comments Yes Is delegation allowed by another profession, for example, physician?If yes, please specify in comments No Comments: Question Title * 8. Are Technicians permitted to: Yes No initiate hemodialysis? initiate hemodialysis? Yes initiate hemodialysis? No Administer fluids? Administer fluids? Yes Administer fluids? No Administer oxygen? Administer oxygen? Yes Administer oxygen? No Access central venous catheters? Access central venous catheters? Yes Access central venous catheters? No Administer heparin or other medications?If yes, please specify in Comments Administer heparin or other medications?If yes, please specify in Comments Yes Administer heparin or other medications?If yes, please specify in Comments No Comments: Question Title * 9. Are Technicians permitted to: Yes No Perform peritoneal dialysis procedures?If yes, please specify in Comments Perform peritoneal dialysis procedures?If yes, please specify in Comments Yes Perform peritoneal dialysis procedures?If yes, please specify in Comments No Comments: Question Title * 10. Does your state regulate dialysis technicians? Yes No Comments - If yes, who or what is the regulating body? Question Title * 11. Does your state have staffing requirements in dialysis facilities, the acute care setting, or transplant centers? Yes No Comments - If yes, please specify: Question Title * 12. Has your State Board of Nursing developed any position statements regarding delegation of tasks, unlicensed personnel, dialysis, dialysis technicians, LPNs/LVNs etc.?Note: if your answer is YES, please email the position statements to ANNA. Send to: janet.betts@annanurse.org Yes No Comments: Next
