Approved Standardized Procedures

Tennessee Board of Nursing does not have a list of approved standardized procedures; it is the nurses responsibility to demonstrate competence in practice and in performing a procedure. Instead, TN BON utilizes a Framework for Decision Making Nursing Activities to guide the nurse in performing/not performing nursing activities--- see pg. 19 + 20 , 2018 Tennessee Board of Nursing Position Statements

Definition of nursing found here:

2018 Tennessee Code Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts;

Chapter 7 - Nursing, ;Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 63-7-103. "Practice of professional nursing" and "professional nursing" defined.

TN BON Rules and Regulations found here:

1000-01Rules and Regulations of Registered Nurses

See sections : 1000-01-.14 Standards of Nursing Competence

My PA employer had the same question; PA BON does not keep list of RN nursing procedures either, nurse needs to demonstrate competence.

So education dept. did literature review, created policy and procedure with RN's inserviced in flushing small-bore pleural drainage catheters and those performing task had 1 observational visit with nurse educator (who had been educated/perform flush at our local hospital) while RN performed task, therfore demonstrating competency with procedure check off kept in employees file.

Education dept. did the same thing first time with wound vacs, LVAD, PleurX drain.

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