§457-2  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter unless the content otherwise requires:



"Advanced practice registered nurse"
means a registered nurse who has met the qualifications for advanced practice
registered nurse set forth in this chapter and through rules of the board,
which shall include educational requirements.



"Board" means the state board of
nursing.



"Nurse" means a person licensed under
this chapter or a person who holds a license under the laws of another state or
territory of the United States that is equivalent to a license under this
chapter.



"Telehealth" means the use of
electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support
long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related
education, public health and health administration, to the extent that it
relates to nursing.



"The practice of nursing as a licensed
practical nurse" means the performance of those acts commensurate with the
required educational preparation and demonstrated competency of the individual,
whereby the individual shall be accountable and responsible to the consumer for
the quality of nursing care rendered.  The foregoing may include, but not be
limited to, implementation of basic nursing procedures in the plan of care; or
observing and caring for individuals at all levels of the health spectrum,
giving counsel and acting to safeguard life and health and functioning as a
part of the health care team, under the direction of a dentist, medical doctor
or osteopath, registered nurse, or podiatrist licensed in accordance with
chapter 448, 453, 457, or 463E; or administration of treatment and medication
as prescribed; or promotion of health maintenance of individuals, families, or
groups; or teaching and supervision of auxiliary personnel.



"The practice of nursing as a registered
nurse" means the performance of professional services commensurate with
the educational preparation and demonstrated competency of the individual
having specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill based on the principles of
the biological, physical, behavioral, and sociological sciences and nursing
theory, whereby the individual shall be accountable and responsible to the
consumer for the quality of nursing care rendered.  The foregoing may include,
but not be limited to, observation, assessment, development, implementation,
and evaluation of a plan of care, health counseling, supervision and teaching
of other personnel, and teaching of individuals, families, and groups in any
stage of health or illness; or administration, supervision, coordination,
delegation, and evaluation of nursing practice; or provisions of health care to
the patient in collaboration with other members of the health care team as
autonomous health care professionals providing the nursing component of health
care; or utilization of reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical
orders of a licensed dentist, medical doctor or osteopath, or podiatrist
licensed in accordance with chapter 448, 453, or 463E or the orders of an
advanced practice registered nurse recognized in accordance with this chapter.
[L 1970, c 71, pt of §1; am L 1985, c 238, §1; am L 1994, c 277, §§3, 4; am L
1996, c 150, §1; am L 2000, c 9, §1; am L 2009, c 11, §61]



 



Note



 



  The 2009 amendment is retroactive to April 3, 2008.  L 2009,
c 11, §76(2).



 



Cross References



 



  Practice of telemedicine by physicians, see §453-1.3.