Section R. 330.1285 - NursingRule 1285.
(1) A psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit shall have an organized nursing service adequate to care for the patients.(2) A nursing service shall have a written plan that delineates its functional structure and its mechanism for cooperative planning and decision making, including periodic review and evaluation of the plan.(3) A nursing service shall have written policies and procedures, including a system of annual review and update, for the provision of nursing services and for the direction of nursing personnel in the performance of their duties.(4) A nursing service shall be under the direction of a registered nurse who shall have, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree, 3 years of psychiatric nursing work experience, and a current Michigan license as a registered nurse.(5) Administrative and clinical consultation shall be available to the director of nursing from a qualified psychiatric nursing specialist with a master's degree, unless the director of nursing is so qualified.(6) In addition to the requirements of subrule (7) of this rule, there shall be at least 1 licensed registered nurse with 1 year of psychiatric nursing experience on duty on each work shift within a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit.(7) A psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit shall provide ratios of clinical nursing personnel to number of patients 24 hours a day to carry out the individual service plan for each patient. Determination of the ratio shall be made in accordance with the nursing program requirements for each nursing unit of the psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit. Once determined it shall be stated in the nursing organization plan and program staffing shall be maintained at not less than the stated level until there is a change in the type of patient care required.(8) Orientation and staff development programs in psychiatric nursing shall be provided for all psychiatric nursing personnel.Mich. Admin. Code R. 330.1285