NAC632.242. Additional duties in area of specialization.

     1. A licensed practical nurse may collect data and perform a skill, intervention or other duty in addition to those taught in an educational program for practical nurses if:

     (a) The collection of data or performance of the additional skill, intervention or other duty is within the authorized scope of practice of a licensed practical nurse in this State.

     (b) In collecting data and performing the additional skill, intervention or other duty, the licensed practical nurse follows the applicable written procedures and policies approved by the medical staff, the nursing administration and the administration of the employing agency.

     (c) Before collecting data or performing the skill, intervention or other duty, the licensed practical nurse submits to his or her employer proof that he or she:

          (1) Has completed a comprehensive program of study and supervised clinical practice which was approved by the Board on or after January 1, 1986;

          (2) Has completed a comprehensive program of study and supervised clinical practice from another state; or

          (3) Has acquired the additional knowledge, skill and ability.

     2. The licensed practical nurse and his or her employer shall each maintain evidence of:

     (a) The original documentation and demonstration of the acquired knowledge, skill and ability; and

     (b) Annual verification of the nurse’s continued competency regarding that knowledge, skill and ability through recertification or records of evaluations documenting satisfactory repeated performances of the knowledge, skill and ability in the nurse’s area of practice.

     3. For the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection 1, collection of data and a skill, intervention or other duty is within the authorized scope of practice of a licensed practical nurse if it has been described as being performed by a licensed practical nurse in two or more national nursing publications, national nursing practice guidelines or national standards for nursing practice, or any combination thereof, which:

     (a) Are listed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, as adopted by reference in NAC 632.110; or

     (b) Have been individually approved by the Board.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Nursing, eff. 11-2-87; A 2-6-90; 7-16-92; 5-18-94; 9-9-94; R029-97, 1-26-98; R102-03, 10-30-2003; R081-06, 6-28-2006; R112-11, 2-15-2012)