N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-38.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:43G-38.5 - Staff time and availability

(a) Nursing staff shall be determined by the acuity of illness of the patient. The hospital shall develop written policies and procedures for determining and relating patient acuity to nursing staff levels.

(b) There shall be a full-time director of nursing or nursing administrator who is a registered professional nurse licensed by the New Jersey Board of Nursing pursuant to 45:11-23 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 13:38, who has at least two years of supervisory experience in providing care to patients with acute illness/injury superimposed on complex or multiple co-morbidities.

(c) In the case of specialized care units treating ventilation dependent patients, the facility shall provide staffing for the nursing unit on which the ventilation beds are located that includes the 24-hour per day presence on the unit of at least one registered nurse and the 24-hour per day on site presence of at least one respiratory therapist.

(d) There shall be a mechanism in place to access nutritional support services for advice on both enteral and parenteral nutritional techniques.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-38.5