Finding scopes of practice for techs and what not ?
Apparently earlier this year there was some law change in my state, and now surgical technologist are no longer allowed to "apply sterile dressings"
So now at my hospital techs are allowed to put nothing on the patient and either the surgeon or circulator nurse must put dressings on the patient.
I pulled up the law and its wording is kind of vague (very vague)
Anyone know how to go about finding the specifics of what they can and cannot do ? Because at my hospital they arent even allowed to help put on steri strips or bandaids which seems pretty absurd to me.
Ive been going about trying to find some research to see exactly how far this goes (because the no bandaids or steri's seems kind of crazy to me)
Its for the state of NY if that helps
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Apparently earlier this year there was some law change in my state, and now surgical technologist are no longer allowed to "apply sterile dressings"
So now at my hospital techs are allowed to put nothing on the patient and either the surgeon or circulator nurse must put dressings on the patient.
I pulled up the law and its wording is kind of vague (very vague)
Anyone know how to go about finding the specifics of what they can and cannot do ? Because at my hospital they arent even allowed to help put on steri strips or bandaids which seems pretty absurd to me.
Ive been going about trying to find some research to see exactly how far this goes (because the no bandaids or steri's seems kind of crazy to me)
Its for the state of NY if that helps