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State Nurse Practice Act
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
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 #
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.
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
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.
6.
Are LPNs/LVNs permitted to:
Yes
Yes, with limitations
(please detail in comments)
No
Administer medications/fluids?
Yes
Yes, with limitations
(please detail in comments)
No
Supervise unlicensed personnel?
Yes
Yes, with limitations
(please detail in comments)
No
Delegate to unlicensed personnel?
Yes
Yes, with limitations
(please detail in comments)
No
Give IV push medications?
Yes
Yes, with limitations
(please detail in comments)
No
Access central venous catheters?
Yes
Yes, with limitations
(please detail in comments)
No
Perform venipunctures?
Yes
Yes, with limitations
(please detail in comments)
No
Perform peritoneal dialysis?
Yes
Yes, with limitations
(please detail in comments)
No
Comments:
7.
Does your State Board of Nursing by statute or regulation address RN delegation authority:
Yes
No
To unlicensed personnel?
Yes
No
To dialysis technicians in particular?
Yes
No
Is delegation allowed by another profession, for example, physician?
If yes, please specify in comments
Yes
No
Comments:
8.
Are Technicians permitted to:
Yes
No
initiate hemodialysis?
Yes
No
Administer fluids?
Yes
No
Administer oxygen?
Yes
No
Access central venous catheters?
Yes
No
Administer heparin or other medications?
If yes, please specify in Comments
Yes
No
Comments:
9.
Are Technicians permitted to:
Yes
No
Perform peritoneal dialysis procedures?
If yes, please specify in Comments
Yes
No
Comments:
10.
Does your state regulate dialysis technicians?
Yes
No
Comments - If yes, who or what is the regulating body?
11.
Does your state have staffing requirements in dialysis facilities, the acute care setting, or transplant centers?
Yes
No
Comments - If yes, please specify:
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:
