I work 20 hours in an assisted living community. The administrator asked me if I would be willing to delegate bolus feeding and using the G tube to administer meds to UNlicensed and UNcertified caregivers.
Will you please provide me your thoughts on this issue? Is this type of delegation common practice in community nursing ... delegating to unlicensed, uncertified caregivers who are not family members of the patient?
Thanks much! BD
PLEASE HELP ME BY ANSWERING ... I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL
Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
For NY, there is an area in the BON website that speaks about the delegation of medication aides, I just read it yesterday. Seemed to be double worded, with ambigious meanings to me, but at least I was able to obtain access to it. See if your BON has an area that speaks of this. It should be readily available on line.
pagandeva2000, LPN
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For NY, there is an area in the BON website that speaks about the delegation of medication aides, I just read it yesterday. Seemed to be double worded, with ambigious meanings to me, but at least I was able to obtain access to it. See if your BON has an area that speaks of this. It should be readily available on line.