N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43J-7.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:43J-7.5 - Provision of nursing services

(a) The facility shall provide nursing services to children directly in the facility.

(b) A registered professional nurse shall be responsible for, at a minimum, the following:

1. Maintaining the standards of nursing practice including, but not limited to:

i. Monitoring of identified medical conditions;

ii. Administering and/or supervising the administration of prescribed medications and treatments;

iii. Coordinating rehabilitative services;

iv. Monitoring clinical behavior and nutritional status;

v. Monitoring growth and development;

vi. Implementing infection control procedures;

vii. Conducting daily checks to assure that a child's parent is maintaining the child's personal hygiene and administering medications as prescribed; and

viii. Communicating findings to a child's primary health care provider;

2. Managing medical emergencies;

3. Documenting the nursing services provided to a child, including the initial assessment and evaluation of the child's health care needs, development of the nursing component of the interdisciplinary plan of care, coordinating the development of the interdisciplinary plan of care, evaluation of the child's progress in reaching established goals and defining the effectiveness of the nursing component of the individualized interdisciplinary plan of care;

4. Alerting the nursing director about changes in the child's medical status, the beneficial or untoward effects of therapeutic action and the need to change the individualized interdisciplinary plan of care in response to any changes;

5. Coordinating the services provided by other staff to meet the mutually identified health care and psychosocial needs of each child;

6. Providing health education to a child's parent;

7. Serving as an advocate to assist the child's parent to resolve problems;

8. Participating in interdisciplinary staff meetings regarding the child's progress; and

9. Instructing the child's parent how to implement provisions of the care plan required in the home that are appropriate for the child's parent to perform.

(c) Each nurse shall serve as a resource person and health educator to the child's parent, the facility administrator and the facility staff.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43J-7.5