Can RNs in CA give Propofol??

I am new to California and looked up the policy for sedation meds that RNs can give and it is very vague. It states that a RN can give any medication as long as it a appropriately prescribed. I know in most states, RNs CANNOT give Propofol and just wanted to know if there is some other information I am missing?? I interviewed for a job today and the nurse manager told me that they give Propofol. I need to clarify with her if the RNs do, but from what it sounded like, they do.

[Tegridy]

On 6/23/2016 at 7:09 PM, NurseGirl525 said:

As an ICU nurse, we hang propofol drips all the time. We also bolus propofol. That's an interesting situation you bring up.

Different when they don’t already have an airway

[Tegridy]

On 7/6/2016 at 5:42 PM, BeenThere2012 said:

I agree, the CA BRN isn't as clear in explaining nurses giving Propofol. I have worked in ICU settings that allow the nurse to administer Propofol WHILE THE DOCTOR WAS AT THE BEDSIDE, during a procedure and while intubated. But, he was our Attending intensivist, not an anesthesiologist. However, there were anesthesiologists in house at the time. Not sure if that qualifies, but that is what we were taught and was the policy we all worked under. We do give Propofol as a continuous drip in ICU's.

On epic it usually has which drug requires md presence. Some are limited to anesthesia only I believe at certain hospitals. One places where I worked as an NP we could push it for intubations. The other place we could not, but it was bc we couldn’t do intubation there I suppose.