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Committee clears technical change to nursing scope language on LPN assessments
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 89 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after lawmakers approved language clarifying how registered nurses may delegate focused assessment tasks to licensed practical nurses.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee on an undisclosed February date voted to send House Bill 89 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation, approving language that clarifies how registered nurses may delegate focused assessment tasks to licensed practical nurses.
Representative Healy, who presented the measure, told the committee the bill replaces ambiguous phrasing that said LPNs could “contribute to” assessments with wording that recognizes RNs may delegate “appropriate…
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