§ 136.13. Nursing staff; other health care personnel.
(a) Nursing personnel shall include nurses with specialized education which includes theory, advanced technical skills, and supervised experience in a surgical intensive care unit or in a postoperative cardiovascular unit before assuming primary responsibility for the nursing care of open heart patients.
(b) There shall be nursing service goals and objectives, standards of nursing practice, procedure manuals and written job descriptions for each level of personnel which shall include the following:
(1) A means for assessing the nursing care needs of the patients and determining adequate staffing to meet those needs.
(2) Staffing patterns that are adequate to meet the nursing goals, standards of practice and the needs of the patients.
(3) An adequate number of licensed and unlicensed assistive personnel to assure that staffing levels meet the total nursing needs of the patient.
(4) Nursing personnel assigned to duties consistent with their training, experience and scope of practice, when applicable.
(c) Surgical suite nursing services shall be under the direction and supervision of a registered professional nurse with specific education and experience in dealing with cardiovascular patients.
(d) In addition to the requirements for the nursing staff in subsections (a)—(c), there shall be service goals and objectives, standards of patient care, procedure manuals and written job descriptions for each level of other health care personnel which includes the following:
(1) A means for assessing the needs of patients and determining adequate staffing to meet those needs.
(2) Staffing patterns that are adequate to meet patient care goals, standards of practice and needs of patients.
(3) An adequate number of licensed and unlicensed health care personnel to assure that staffing levels meet the total needs of patients.
(4) Health care personnel in the open heart surgical services program shall be assigned to duties consistent with their training, experience and scope of practice where applicable.
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