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Nurse Act Final Exam – Complete
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EXAM/V/ST/V /E8
, Which of the following activities would be outside the scope of practice for an RN:
Writing orders for laboratory tests
Administering blood products
Evaluating the effects of medication
Initiating a drug regimen based on protocols - ✔✔Writing orders for laboratory tests
An example an additional act that may be performed by an RN that requires additional
education and training as prescribed by the Board and that is recognized as proper to be
performed by an RN (excluding advanced practice nurses) would be (hint: see advisory
opinions):
Insertion of an intraarterial
catheter
Amniotomy
Certification of Death
Epidural Anesthesia - ✔✔Insertion of an intraarterial
catheter
It would be a violation of the nurse practice act for an RN to:
Delegate assessment to an LPN
Supervise the care of other RNs
Delegate a sterile dressing change to an LPN
Provide lab results to a client - ✔✔Delegate assessment to an LPN
It is within the scope of practice for a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in Arizona to:
Prescribe overthecounter
drugs
Establish a medical diagnosis
Prescribe durable medical equipment
Perform radiography - ✔✔Prescribe durable medical equipment
Under the definition of delegation, a nurse may delegate: