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Declaratory Statement for Registered Nurse First Assistants
CNM assisting with Cesarean deliveries
RN serving as the operative assistant to the physician/endoscopist performing a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
Delegating to an LPN the IV administration of Albunex
RN administering a Dobutamine infusion for stress testing, with provisos
RN delegating to a home health aide PEG site cleansing with soap and water or 3% hydrogen peroxide, with provisos
CNM serving as first assistant during Cesarean deliveries, and additional CPT codes
RN administering inotropic drugs (Dobutamine) in the home health setting with provisos, replaces 97.08
NP and/or CNS evaluating/managing patient care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), additional CPT code (99183)
Reaffirms npop 90.22, RN administering intrathecal & epidural pain management in the home health with provisos
RN delegating to an LPN IV therapy related functions, (replaces 96.01, superseded by Declaratory Statement – IV Therapy)
RN performing beside mechanical hydrodebridement
Distributing any unused portion of a single dose ampule drug
Additional CPT Codes for Nurse Practitioners
RN inserting a PICC line using the Seldinger technique
Administration of Brevital, a short acting barbiturate
RN performing rapid sequential induction (RSI), needle chest decompression, intraosseous infusions and needle crichothyrotomy with transtracheal jet insufflation
RN placing indwelling arterial catheters in the operating room under the supervision of an anesthesiology
RN delegating cast application and removal to a nursing assistant
Performing digital block to prepare for sutures of minor lacerations in the emergency department (FNP)
RN administering and/or delegating rectal Diastat in a school setting to a student (superseded by 99.09)
Declaratory Statement on the Role and Scope of Practice of the Registered Nurse Performing Foot Care Interventions (Revised, replaces 97.20)
