Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 632 - Nursing
GENERAL STANDARDS FOR PRACTICE OF NURSING
Nursing Students
Section 632.252 - Performance of tasks
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 632.252
Current through September 16, 2024
1. A nursing student may, as an apprentice nurse, perform those tasks which the nursing student has successfully demonstrated in his or her program of education if:
(a) The nursing student works as an
apprentice nurse in a medical facility or a community health clinic or for a
health maintenance organization and works under the supervision of a registered
nurse who is at the site where care is provided;
(b) The nursing student presents to his or
her employer satisfactory evidence from his or her school of nursing of
successful demonstration of his or her skills;
(c) The nursing student has been evaluated by
the chief nurse as safe to perform those tasks in the health care facility
employing him or her;
(d) The
description of the position of apprentice nurse provided by the health care
facility employing the nursing student identifies the roles and
responsibilities of the position;
(e) The tasks delegated to the nursing
student acting as an apprentice nurse are identified in the health care
facility's description of the position and have been approved by the Board as
tasks that are delegable to the nursing student;
(f) There is a formal procedure for the
nursing student to refuse to perform any task until he or she is comfortable
with his or her ability to do so safely; and
(g) The nursing student, acting as an
apprentice nurse, identifies himself or herself as an apprentice nurse on his
or her name tag when recording patients' records and in his or her introduction
to patients.
2. While performing nursing functions as an apprentice nurse, the nursing student is subject to the provisions of the Nurse Practice Act and regulations adopted by the Board.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Nursing, eff. 8-18-88; A 3-3-92; 5-9-96; A by R018-22A, eff. 6/13/2022
NRS 632.120
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