Instillation of vesicant agents into the bladder
Performance of tasks related to low dose administration of epidural Marcaine (see Board rules, LAC46:XLVII.3705)
Delegation, to a licensed practical nurse, of the flushing of and administration of medications into an extension tube connected to a subcutaneously implanted venous access device (see Board rules, LAC46:XLVII.3703)
Delegation of venipunctures (blood specimens) to nurse's aides in public health clinics (see Declaratory Statement – Clinical Laboratory Testing)
Delegation of nursing functions in school nursing to an LPN employed as a nurse aide--rules for unlicensed persons apply
Delegation of gastrostomy feedings (GI) to unlicensed personnel in ICF/MR facilities in conflict with rules on delegation
RN in a critical care setting removing chest tubes, with provisos; Removal of pacemaker wires not within the realm of RN practice
Approval of selected CRNA functions in the CPT 4 codes for reimbursement by DHH-HCFA
Allow RNs in Schumpert Medical Center's Acute Pain Management Service to continue adjusting epidural infusion rates as provided in the proposal presented to LSBN
RN responsibility for overall care of patients (Opinion regarding job description from Charter Forest Hospital)
RN administering analgesic doses of anesthetic agents: criteria for guidelines/policies which shall be met (Superseded by npop90.22 and Board rules, LAC46:XLVII.3705)
RN performing endotracheal intubation in a transport setting
RN placing indwelling radial arterial catheter (with provisos, life-threatening)
RN at Hammond State School may delegate gastrostomy tube feedings to unlicensed personnel, with provisos
RN practicing in prehospital setting
Programming permanent pacemakers after implantation
Changing tracheostomy tube on ventilator dependent patient in home setting
Delegation of insertion of nasogastric feeding tube (GI) to LPN in home setting
RN delegating clean intermittent catheterization (urinary) to health assistants in group homes (with conditions)
RN administering conscious sedation – guidelines (superseded by Declaratory Statement – Procedural Sedation)
Removal of subclavian and triple lumen catheters (central venous catheters, CVC)in the home setting
Clarification of statement on the administration of analgesic doses of anesthetic agents -- epidural only, reaffirmed 98.09 (see Board rules, LAC46:XLVII.3705)
Amendment to Guidelines Relative to LRS 37:930 and LAC 46:XLVII.3711, paragraph 2 (RN may not monitor effects of anesthetic during the preoperative phase or operative procedure)
RN inserting a Keofeed transpyloric feeding tube (GI) in infants in a neonatal intensive care unit
Administration of synthetic lung surfactant by intratracheal instillation into a neonate by neonatal clinical nurse specialist and neonatal primary nurse associate -- not within practice of RN who is not an advanced practitioner
RN changing the outer cannula of a tracheostomy in a home setting (with provisos--mature tract = 90 days)
Delegation of cleansing of wounds with Betadine, Peroxide and Phisohex to unlicensed personnel in a long-term care facility