PURPOSE: This amendment will lift the IV push or bolus medication administration restriction on qualified practical nurses and list two (2) additional types of IV medication that qualified practical nurses will not administer. The need for these changes was determined after the Board of Nursing reviewed a petition for rule review sent by a practicing licensed practical nurse. It has been determined that restricting qualified practical nurses from utilizing the IV push or bolus route of medication administration places an undue interruption and delay in patient care.
20 CSR 2200-6.030
*Original authority: 335.017, RSMo 1983 and 335.036, RSMo 1975, amended 1981, 1985, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2011 .