NURSE - R.N.

The practice of nursing as a registered nurse means providing to individuals and groups nursing care requiring specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences. Such nursing care includes:

1. identifying patterns of human responses to actual or potential health problems amenable to a nursing regimen. A nursing regimen may include preventative, restorative, and health promotion activities;
2. executing a nursing regimen through the selection, performance, management, and evaluation of nursing actions;
3. assessing health status for the purpose of providing nursing care. Assessing health status' means the collection of data through nursing assessment techniques which may include interviews, observation, and physical evaluations for the purpose of providing nursing care;
4. providing health counseling and health teaching;
5. administering medications, treatments, and executing regimens prescribed by licensed physicians, dentists, and podiatrists;
6. teaching, administering, supervising, delegating, and evaluating nursing practice. ORC § 4723.02 (B) -(D)

"Medical diagnosis, prescription of medical measures, and the practice of medicine or surgery or any of its branches by a nurse are prohibited." ORC § 4723.151

"No person shall engage in the practice of nursing as a registered nurse, hold herself out as being a registered nurse, or use the title Registered Nurse,' the initials R.N.,' or any other title implying that the person is a registered nurse, for a fee, salary, or other consideration, or as a volunteer, without holding a current, valid license as a registered nurse." ORC § 4723.03 (A)

"No person shall employ a person not licensed as a registered nurse...to engage in the practice of nursing as a registered nurse. No person shall employ a person not licensed as a practical nurse...to engage in the practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse." ORC § 4723.03 (E)

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NURSE - R.N.