Monmouth County School Nurse, Sheila Caldwell, BSN,RN,CSN-NJ hosted a workshop in December that featured Patricia Barnett, RN,JD, Supervisor of Discipline for the New Jersey Board of Nursing speaking about Legal Implications of Delegating in the School Setting. This workshop was held at Meridian Health Village at Jackson and approximately 100 school nurses were in attendance.
School nurses learned that there are some changes afoot for delegation in the State of New Jersey. The changes mainly affect home health aides, but as nurses, who also delegate school nurses need to be aware. (Proposed Admin Code Change) Home health aides would be granted more delegated tasks like giving medications.
School nurses learned that there are some changes afoot for delegation in the State of New Jersey. The changes mainly affect home health aides, but as nurses, who also delegate school nurses need to be aware. (Proposed Admin Code Change) Home health aides would be granted more delegated tasks like giving medications.
The school nurse needs to know from NJAC 13:37-6.2 in its current state and what will not change is that “there are no specific restrictions on the tasks that may be delegated, provided the task does not require the knowledge and judgment of a nurse”. This is a new concept to many school nurses because school nurses have more than one state agency that they must report to. NJBON regulations covers all overall licensure issues, while having NJDOE as the overseeing body for the specialty of school nursing tighter regulations can be enforced or if a new law includes school health like the 2015 Expanded Epinephrine Law.
Key take-away from the evening is that the school nurse is responsible for delegation, the decision to deem a delegate competent or not must solely be based on the school nurses assessment of the person before, during and after trainings of delegation. This also allows for the school nurse to withdraw someone’s delegation status, if she/he feels there are concerns that the delegate will not be able to fulfill the tasks in the future.
Cardiac Science (Joey Bombara, EMR, AED Specialist-NJ,NYC& LI) sponsored the dinner for the school nurses
Key take-away from the evening is that the school nurse is responsible for delegation, the decision to deem a delegate competent or not must solely be based on the school nurses assessment of the person before, during and after trainings of delegation. This also allows for the school nurse to withdraw someone’s delegation status, if she/he feels there are concerns that the delegate will not be able to fulfill the tasks in the future.
Cardiac Science (Joey Bombara, EMR, AED Specialist-NJ,NYC& LI) sponsored the dinner for the school nurses