410 IAC 16.2-1.1-15
410 IAC 16.2-1.1-15 "Comprehensive nursing care" defined
Cite as Ind. Admin. Code tit. 410, r. 16.2-1.1-15
Sec. 15. "Comprehensive nursing care" includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) Intravenous feedings.
(2) Enteral feeding.
(3) Nasopharyngeal and tracheostomy aspiration.
(4) Insertion and sterile irrigation and replacement of suprapubic catheters.
(5) Application of dressings to wounds that:
(A) require use of sterile techniques, packing, or irrigation; or
(B) are infected or otherwise complicated.
(6) Treatment of Stages 2, 3, and 4 pressure ulcers or other widespread skin disorders.
(7) Heat treatments that have been specifically ordered by a physician as part of active treatment and require observation by nurses
to adequately evaluate the process.
(8) Initial phases of a regimen involving administration of medical gases.