LPN's Role in MDS 3.0 in Ohio

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PLEASE HELP! I need an answer to the question below and am looking forward to your responses and would like to thank-you in advance.

In the state of Ohio is it within the scope of practice for an LPN MDS Coordinator to write and sign each individual CAA that he/she does as long as an RN signs sections V0200B1 and V0200B2 (completion of CAAS) and Z0500A and Z0500B (completion of MDS)?

I have an E-mail out to the Ohio Nursing Board also but am being impatient and thought that one of you may have the answer for me before next week. :)

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Ohio Board of Nursing - Law and Rules

(F) "The practice of nursing as a licensed practical nurse" means providing to individuals and groups nursing care requiring the application of basic knowledge of the biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences at the direction of a licensed physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist, chiropractor, or registered nurse. Such nursing care includes:

  1. Observation, patient teaching, and care in a diversity of health care settings;
  2. Contributions to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing;

The LPN may enter the location and date of the CAA. The LPN can "contribute" but cannot initiate a care plan.
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Thank-you Talino for your response....it is very much appreciated! I have read and re-read the Ohio Nurse Practice Act, the laws and rules and although I felt that I was correct in my understanding of them I have been told different. Again thank-you for giving me a sense of releif! :)

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