OAR 333-536-0080 - Nursing Services (In-Home Care Agencies)

What this rule requires your agency to do

• 1For all medications and medical treatments (and any changes to them) managed or administered under this rule, a registered nurse must obtain written or telephone orders from an LIP in accordance with OAR 333-536-0075. (OAR 333-536-0080(4))(OAR 333-536-0080 - Nursing Services (In-Home Care Agencies))
• 2The registered nurse must conduct and document all teaching and delegation of specific nursing-care tasks to unlicensed persons, including assessment, instruction, observation, supervision, and re-evaluation, with documentation of compliance maintained in the client's record. (OAR 333-536-0080(2))(OAR 333-536-0080 - Nursing Services (In-Home Care Agencies))
• 3The agency must only provide nursing services to a client whose medical condition and health status is stable and predictable. (OAR 333-536-0080(1)(c))(OAR 333-536-0080 - Nursing Services (In-Home Care Agencies))
• 4The agency must provide nursing services in accordance with these rules, the Oregon State Board of Nursing rules (OAR chapter 851, division 047), and the client's service plan, and must document nursing services in the client's service plan. (OAR 333-536-0080(1)(d)-(e))(OAR 333-536-0080 - Nursing Services (In-Home Care Agencies))
• 5The individual(s) providing nursing services must document the service or task completed, including the date and signature of the person performing it, maintained per agency policy. (OAR 333-536-0080(3))(OAR 333-536-0080 - Nursing Services (In-Home Care Agencies))
• 6The agency must be classified as comprehensive and employ a registered nurse in order to provide nursing services. (OAR 333-536-0080(1)(a)-(b))(OAR 333-536-0080 - Nursing Services (In-Home Care Agencies))