Nursing

Practice Alerts & Guidelines

RN & LPN Practice Issues

• Abandonment in Nursing
  • September 2002 Memo
  • Patient and Employer Abandonment - Frequently Asked Questions & Answers
  
  
• Administration of Medications by Unlicensed Personnel (August 2006)
  
  
• AICD/Pacemaker Interruptions with a Magnet during Colonoscopy Procedures
  
  
• Blood Component Administration by LPNs (September 2007)
  • Chief Nurse Officer Letter (PDF)
  • Course Outline for Training LPNs in Blood Component Administration (PDF)
  • Blood Component Administration by LPNs (PDF)
  
  
• Blood Component Transfusions
  • Guidelines for Monitoring Transfusion Recipients
    • Transfusion Reaction Response Guide
  
  
• Coumadin (Warfarin) Managed Dosing by Nurses
  
  
• Differentiated Scope of Practice of Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and Registered Professional Nurses (RNs) (January 2006)
  
  
• Epinephrine Auto-Injector Devices in the School Setting
  
  
• Intraosseous Fluid and Medication Administration
  
  
• Intravenous monoclonal antibodies (January 2009; revised September 2009)
  
  
• Irrigation of Nephrostomy Tubes by RNs (May 2009)
  
  
• IV Anesthetic Agents by Non-Anesthetist Registered Nurses for the Purpose of Sedation and Anesthesia (February 2007)
  
  
• Administration of IV Anesthetic Drugs in the Treatment of Intractable Pain (October 2006)
  
  
• IV Therapy
  • Practice of IV Therapy by Licensed Practical Nurses in:
    • Acute Care Settings
    • Long Term Care Settings
    • Essential Course Content
    
    
• Non-Patient Specific Standing Order and Protocol Guidelines
  
  • Immunizing Agents
  
  
• Non-Patient Specific Order and Protocol and Best Practices in Providing HIV Testing (February 2006)
  
  
• Nursing Care in Chronic, Outpatient, End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Dialysis Facilities
  • Department of Health Task Force Position on LPNs and Central Lines In Outpatient Dialysis Centers-Including LPN Responsibilities (PDF)
  • LPN Performance Based Competency List for Outpatient Dialysis Centers Only (PDF)
  
  
• Standing Orders or Protocols (August 2006)
  
  
• SED/OMRDD Memorandum of Understanding for RN Nursing Supervision (March 2003)
  • March 2003 Regents Item
  • SED/OMRDD Memorandum of Understanding
  • OMRDD Administrative Memorandum - #2003-01
  
  
• Swine Flu - April 2009
  
  
• The Value of a School Nurse