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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 550LICENSING STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER CGENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVISION 3NURSING AND STAFFING REQUIREMENTS
RULE §550.403Registered Nurse Responsibilities

An RN providing services on behalf of a center must be responsible for the following:

  (1) maintaining compliance with the standards of nursing practice and delegation;

  (2) developing a minor's plan of care;

  (3) providing nursing interventions that includes parental training, information, and education to increase a parent's confidence and competence in caring for a minor;

  (4) coordinating services with other service providers;

  (5) monitoring the ongoing physical and developmental growth of a minor;

  (6) having knowledge of access to available community resources;

  (7) participating on the IDT and in the IDT meetings regarding a minor's plan of care and progress;

  (8) administering medication, intravenous infusions, parenteral feeding, and other specialized treatments; monitoring and documenting the effect of medications, therapies, and progress in accordance with accepted standards of professional practice;

  (9) communicating findings to a minor's prescribing physician and the center's nursing director; and

  (10) supervising the center's direct care staff.


Source Note: The provisions of this §550.403 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1875

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