2. What exactly does the RN do in the procedure rooms?
3. What exactly does the RN’s do in the recovery bays?
4. If provided, how could an MA help in any of these two areas?
Answers to questions above:
1. There is NOT any anesthesia given in the procedure rooms. Although there is a need for a Recovery room Nurse for the following Patients: Baclofen Trails, Morphine Trails, Spinraza, and a need for recovery for the Patient who has an event, which also includes Pump Refill Patients. And these patients have been having a higher level of acuity. A recent example is a Patient who was non responsive, on 6L of O2 via a 35% trek mask that needed suctioned. This patient was here 2 separate times …show more content…
4723.03 Unlicensed practice.
(F) No person shall employ a person not licensed as a registered nurse under this chapter to engage in the practice of nursing as a registered nurse.
4723-13-03 Prohibitions.
(B) An unlicensed person who performs a nursing task and does not comply with all the provisions as set forth in this chapter, and who is not otherwise excepted from licensure pursuant to section 4723.32 of the Revised Code, or otherwise legally authorized, shall be engaging in the unauthorized practice of nursing, which is prohibited by section 4723.03 of the Revised