Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 76345 - Health Support Services-Nursing Services
(a) Facilities shall provide nursing services
in accordance with the needs of the clients for the purpose of:
(1) Development and maintenance of an
environment that will meet their total health needs.
(2) Assistance in achieving and maintaining
optimal health.
(3) Encouragement
of maximum self-care and independence.
(4) Training in habits of personal hygiene,
family life, sex education (including family planning and venereal disease
counseling).
(5) Control of
communicable diseases and infections through:
(A) Identification and assessment.
(B) Reporting to medical
authorities.
(C) Implementation of
appropriate protective and preventive measures.
(6) Development of a written plan for each
client to provide for nursing services as a part of the individual program plan
total habilitation program.
(7)
Modification of the nursing section of the individual program plan in terms of
the client's daily needs at least every six months.
(b) All physician orders shall be implemented
as prescribed.
(c) The attending
physician shall be notified immediately of any signs of illness or marked
change in condition.
(d) The
registered nurse shall participate when appropriate as a member of the
interdisciplinary team as required in Section
76311(a) in at
least the following areas:
(1) The
preadmission evaluation.
(2)
Program design and placement of the client at the time of admission to the
facility.
(3) The periodic
reevaluation of the type, extent and quality of services and
programming.
(4) Discharge
planning.
(5) The referral to
appropriate community resources.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Section 208(a), Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 1276 and 1277, Health and Safety Code.
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