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Committee advances bill clarifying LPN role in delegated nursing assessments
Summary
Representative Healy, who represents District 15, told the Idaho Senate Health & Welfare Committee that House Bill 89 clarifies how licensed practical nurses may perform delegated, focused assessments when instructed by a registered nurse.
Representative Healy, who represents District 15, told the Idaho Senate Health & Welfare Committee that House Bill 89 clarifies how licensed practical nurses (LPNs) may take part in patient assessments.
"In nursing, as you all probably know, we have different levels of nursing," Representative Healy said. He told the committee the phrase in statute reading "contributing to" an assessment is vague and inconsistent with existing IDAPA rules, which refer to LPNs performing…
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