2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1774 — Terms, defined.

Section 71-1774
Terms, defined.

For purposes of the Licensed Practical Nurse-Certified Act:

(1) Administration includes observing, initiating, monitoring, discontinuing, maintaining, regulating, adjusting, documenting, assessing, planning, intervening, and evaluating;

(2) Approved certification course means a course for the education and training of a licensed practical nurse-certified which the board has approved;

(3) Board means the Board of Nursing;

(4) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure;

(5) Direct supervision means that the responsible licensed practitioner or registered nurse is physically present in the clinical area and is available to assess, evaluate, and respond immediately;

(6) Initial venipuncture means the initiation of intravenous therapy based on a new order from a licensed practitioner for an individual for whom a previous order for intravenous therapy was not in effect;

(7) Intravenous therapy means the therapeutic infusion or injection of substances through the venous system;

(8) Licensed practical nurse-certified means a licensed practical nurse who meets the standards established pursuant to section 71-1777 and who holds a valid certificate issued by the department pursuant to the act;

(9) Licensed practitioner means any person authorized by state law to prescribe intravenous therapy; and

(10) Pediatric patient means a patient who is both younger than eighteen years old and under the weight of thirty-five kilograms.

Source:

Laws 1993, LB 536, § 22

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 578

Laws 1997, LB 66, § 2

Laws 1999, LB 594, § 49

Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 62

Laws 2003, LB 213, § 2

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska