GENERAL STANDARDS FOR PRACTICE OF NURSING  


Advisory Committees
NAC 632.210. Committee to advise Board on protection of public through safe practice of nursing and on Alternative Program for Chemically Dependent Nurses.
NAC 632.211. Committees to advise Board on certain matters regarding practice of nursing.
Registered Nurses
NAC 632.212. Duties included; competency required.
NAC 632.214. Observation of patients; communication with other providers of health care; allowance for patients’ choices.
NAC 632.216. Care of patients; additional authorized duties.
NAC 632.218. Maintenance of patients’ health.
NAC 632.220. Medication and treatment of patients; response to orders; adjustment of dosage or frequency of medication.
NAC 632.222. Delegation and supervision of nursing care.
NAC 632.224. Supervision of others; duties of chief nurse; determination of authorized scope of practice; verification of competency.
NAC 632.225. Additional duties in area of specialization.
NAC 632.226. Employment as school nurse: Duties; delegation of nursing services; requirements for administering medication to pupils.
Practical Nurses
NAC 632.228. Duties included.
NAC 632.230. Limitations on performance of tasks; supervision of others.
NAC 632.232. Recording and reporting.
NAC 632.234. Performance of therapeutic procedures; duties of scrub nurse.
NAC 632.236. Understanding and verifying orders.
NAC 632.238. Preparing and administering medication.
NAC 632.240. Knowledge of community resources; participation concerning policies and procedures of practice.
NAC 632.242. Additional duties in area of specialization.
Assignment of Duties
NAC 632.244. Assignment of unauthorized acts prohibited.
NAC 632.246. Assignment to unauthorized person of duty to administer certain substances prohibited.
NAC 632.248. Assignment to unlicensed personnel of certain nursing duties prohibited; exception.
Identification
NAC 632.249. Identification by appropriate title required; identification requirements for telenursing.
NAC 632.251. Identification of graduate nurses.
Nursing Students
NAC 632.252. Performance of tasks.
NAC 632.253. Prohibited acts.