Certified Nurse Aide Scope of Practice: State-by-State Differences in Allowable Delegated Activities

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-24

  McMullen, Tara L ^a   Resnick, Barbara ^b   Chin Hansen, Jennie ^c   Geiger Brown, Jeanne M ^b   Miller, Nancy ^a   Rubenstein, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c American Geriatrics Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified Nurse Aides; Direct care workers; Long term care; Scope of practice; Workplace tasks

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CATHETER CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE; NURSING CARE; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SOCIAL WORK; WOUND CARE; CERTIFICATION; NURSING ASSISTANT; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSES' AIDES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926637747     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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