26 Tex. Admin. Code § 550.405 - Licensed Vocational Nurse Responsibilities
(a) An LVN providing services on behalf of a
center must work under the supervision of an RN and is responsible to provide,
within the LVN's level of competence and scope of practice, nursing care to the
center's minors as ordered in the plan of care.
(b) An LVN must be responsible for the
following:
(1) maintaining compliance with the
standards of nursing practice;
(2)
providing nursing interventions that includes parental training, information,
and education to increase a parent's confidence and competence in caring for a
minor;
(3) having knowledge of the
availability of community resources;
(4) participating on the IDT and in the IDT
meetings regarding a minor's plan of care and progress;
(5) communicating findings to a minor's
prescribing physician and an RN; and
(6) in accordance with accepted standards of
professional practice:
(A) administering
medication, intravenous infusions, parenteral feeding, and other specialized
treatments; and
(B) monitoring and
documenting the effect of medications, therapies, and
progress.
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