Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 054 - Nursing, Board of
Sub-Agency 0002 - General
Chapter 3 - SCOPE AND STANDARDS OF NURSING PRACTICE AND CNA ROLE
Section 3-5 - Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice for the RN
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 3-5
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) RN Standard. The RN has the responsibility to organize, manage, and supervise the practice of nursing.
(b) RN Scope of Practice. The RN shall:
(i) Retain
professional accountability for nursing care;
(ii) Participate as a member of the inter
disciplinary healthcare team;
(iii)
Implement the nursing process:
(A) Conduct a
comprehensive assessment;
(B) Plan
nursing care and nursing interventions consistent with the client's overall
health care plan;
(C) Utilize
decision-making, critical thinking and clinical judgment to make independent
nursing decisions and nursing diagnosis;
(D) Implement treatment and therapy,
including medication administration and delegated medical and independent
nursing functions; and
(E) Evaluate
the client's response to nursing care and other therapy.
(iv) Identify changes in the client's health
status and comprehend clinical implications of the client's signs, symptoms and
changes as part of expected or unexpected client course and emergent
situations;
(v) Document nursing
care;
(vi) Communicate and consult
with other health team members;
(vii) Provide comprehensive nursing and
health care education in which the RN:
(A)
Assesses and analyzes educational needs of learners;
(B) Plans educational programs based on
learning needs and teaching-learning principles;
(C) Ensures implementation of an educational
plan either directly or by delegating selected aspects of the education to
other qualified persons; and
(D)
Evaluates the education to meet the identified goals.
(viii) Provide delegation to the RN, LPN, and
UAP. Match the client needs with personnel qualifications, available resources
and appropriate supervision using delegation guidelines in this Chapter,
Sections nine (9) through eleven (11).
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