Section 550.403 - Registered Nurse ResponsibilitiesAn RN providing services on behalf of a center must be responsible for the following:
(1) maintaining compliance with the standards of nursing practice and delegation;(2) developing a minor's plan of care;(3) providing nursing interventions that includes parental training, information, and education to increase a parent's confidence and competence in caring for a minor;(4) coordinating services with other service providers;(5) monitoring the ongoing physical and developmental growth of a minor;(6) having knowledge of access to available community resources;(7) participating on the IDT and in the IDT meetings regarding a minor's plan of care and progress;(8) administering medication, intravenous infusions, parenteral feeding, and other specialized treatments; monitoring and documenting the effect of medications, therapies, and progress in accordance with accepted standards of professional practice;(9) communicating findings to a minor's prescribing physician and the center's nursing director; and(10) supervising the center's direct care staff.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 550.403
The provisions of this §550.403 adopted to be effective September 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 6569; Transferred from Title 40, Chapter 15 by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 15, April 12, 2019, TexReg 1875, eff. 5/1/2019