New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 371 - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Part 2 - REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED
Section 8.371.2.90 - NURSING SERVICES
Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.371.2.90
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The facility must provide clients with nursing services, in accordance with their needs, that include, as appropriate, the following:
A. Registered nurse participation:
(1) The pre admission
evaluation study and plan.
(2) The
evaluation study, program design, and placement of the client at the time of
admission.
(3) The periodic
re-evaluation of the type, extend and quality of services and
programming.
B. Training in habits of personal hygiene, family life and sex education that includes, but is not limited to, family planning and venereal disease counseling.
C. Control of communicable diseases and infections through:
(1) Identification and
assessment.
(2) Reporting to
medical authorities.
(3)
Implementation of appropriate protective and preventive measures.
(4) Development of a written nursing services
plan for each client as part of the total habilitation program.
(5) Modification of the nursing plan in terms
of the client's daily needs, at least annually for adults and more frequently
for children in accordance with developmental changes.
D. Management of the medication aide program in accordance with the board of nursing.
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