Section 12.44.960. Delegation of specialized nursing duties.

	(a)  Specialized nursing duties are those duties that do not require professional nursing education to correctly perform, but require more training and skill than routine nursing duties. Specialized nursing duties may be delegated to another person under the standards set out in 12 AAC 44.950.  
	(b)  Specialized nursing tasks that may be delegated include  
		(1) changing simple, nonsterile dressings using aseptic technique when no wound debridement or packing is involved;  
		(2) assisting patients with self-medication;  
		(3) obtaining blood glucose levels;  
		(4) suctioning of the oral pharynx;  
		(5) providing tracheostomy care in established, stable patients;  
		(6) removal of internal or external urinary catheters;  
		(7) adding fluid to established gastrostomy tube feedings and changing established tube feeding bags; and  
		(8) placing electrodes and leads for electrocardiogram, cardiac monitoring, and telemetry.  
	(c)  A nurse who delegates a nursing duty to another person under this section shall develop a nursing delegation plan that describes the frequency and methods of evaluation of the performance of the delegated duty by the other person. The delegating nurse shall evaluate a continuing delegation as appropriate, but must perform an evaluation on-site at least once every 90 days after the delegation was made. The delegating nurse shall keep a record of the evaluations conducted.  

Authorities

08.68.100;08.68.805;08.68.850;01.05.031;08.68.405;08.68.410;44.62.125

Notes

Reference

12 AAC 44.965

Authority

AS 08.68.100 AS 08.68.805 AS 08.68.850 Editor's note: In 2010 the revisor of statutes, acting under AS 01.05.031, renumbered former AS 08.68.405 as AS 08.68.805, and renumbered former AS 08.68.410 as AS 08.68.850. As of Register 196 (January 2011), the regulations attorney made conforming technical revisions under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 12 AAC 44.960, so that citations to former AS 08.68.405 and AS 08.68.410 now refer to the renumbered statutes, AS 08.68.805 and AS 08.68.850.

History

Eff. 10/14/2004, Register 172

References

12.44.960