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    1992

    RN delegating digital stimulation of the rectum to home health aides (dysreflexia)

    Determining if an emergency room (ER) patient has an "emergency medical condition"

    RN providing emergency care and performing nursing functions as a member of an ambulance team (EMS)

    RN removing drains in home care

    Inserting PICC in selected home care situations

    RN inserting a coude tip catheter in a male patient

    RN performing arterial punctures for blood gases in home health

    RN delegating selected routine respiratory care functions to unlicensed person in community home (suctioning pharynx and a well-healed, mature tracheostomy)

    RN inserting catheters for urodynamic studies Insertion of wire probes into muscle tissue for urodynamic studies reserved to Advanced Practitioner of Nursing

    RN delegating to LPN the setting up and activating a patient controlled analgesia pump (does not include IV bolus)

    Injecting antibiotics intrathecally

    RN injecting narcotics and/or administering continuous infusion of analgesia agents intrathecally per catheter technique

    Declaratory Statement on the Relationship of the RN and the EMT

    RN executing orders of psychologist as provided by Acts 120 and 321 of 1992

    RN removing valvuloplasty and CPS pump sheaths

    RN performing speculum examinations (with provisos)

    RN performing sharp wound debridement

    RN accepting verbal or telephone orders from a social worker (see Declaratory Statement – Transmission and Acceptance of Verbal Orders)

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