2020 Kentucky Nurses Association Convention

2020 Kentucky Nurses Association
• Recommended acceptance of a new practice opinion on the role of nurses in the placement of arterial
lines.
Revisions to Advisory Opinion Statements (AOS)
• AOS #8 Nurses Practicing in the Perioperative Setting
• AOS #14 Implementation of Patient Care Orders
• AOS #15 Roles of Nurses in the Supervision and Delegation of Nursing Tasks to Unlicensed Personnel
• AOS #17 Administration of “PRN” Medication and Placebos
• AOS #30 School Nursing Practice
• AOS #36 Resuscitation Orders, Pronouncement of Death, and Death Certificates
• AOS #39 Scope of Registered Nurses in the Deactivation of Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)
and Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)
Issued New Advisory Opinion Statement (AOS)
• AOS #42 Telehealth and Nursing
Advisory Opinion Statement Withdrawn
• AOS #1 Role of the RN/LPN in Spinal Screening for the Detection of Common Abnormal/Curvatures of
the Spine
Administrative Regulations
• Approved proposed revisions to Kentucky Administrative Regulation 201 KAR 20:065 Professional
Standards for Prescribing Buprenorphine-Mono-Product or Buprenophine-Combined-with-Naloxone by
APRNs for Medication Assisted Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder.
Issued new practice opinions:
APRN COUNCIL – FY 2019 – 2020
• Recommended reaffirming the April 2018 opinion on the scope of practice if the APRN CRNA in the
independent practice of cosmetic and dermatological procedures.
CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL MIDWIVES ADVISORY
Appointments
COUNCIL FY 2019 – 2020
The following individuals were appointed to the Certified Professional Midwives Advisory Council:
Kentucky Board of Nursing Liaison - Jimmy Isenberg, RN, KBN Board Member
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