36-9-3. Practice of registered nurse.
The practice of a registered nurse includes:
(1)Providing comprehensive nursing assessment of health status of patients;
(2)Collaborating with the health care team to develop and coordinate an integrated patient-centered health care plan;
(3)Developing the comprehensive patient-centered health care plan, including:
(a)Establishing nursing diagnosis;
(b)Setting goals to meet identified health care needs; and
(c)Prescribing nursing interventions;
(4)Implementing nursing care through the execution of independent nursing strategies and the provision of regimens requested, ordered, or prescribed by authorized health care providers;
(5)Evaluating responses to interventions and the effectiveness of the plan of care;
(6)Designing and implementing teaching plans based on patient needs;
(7)Delegating and assigning nursing interventions to implement the plan of care;
(8)Providing for the maintenance of safe and effective nursing care rendered directly or indirectly;
(9)Advocating for the best interest of the patient;
(10)Communicating and collaborating with other health care providers in the management of health care and the implementation of the total health care regimen within and across settings;
(11)Managing, supervising, and evaluating the practice of nursing;
(12)Teaching the theory and practice of nursing;
(13)Participating in development of health care policies, procedures, and systems; and
(14)Other acts that require education and training consistent with professional standards as prescribed by the board, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, and commensurate with the registered nurse's education, demonstrated competence, and experience.
Source: SL 1947, ch 123, §1; SL 1955, ch 91, §2; SDC Supp 1960, §27.0902 (2), (3); SL 1967, ch 101, §2 (2) (a); SL 1972, ch 204, §1; SL 1976, ch 228, §4; SL 1986, ch 307, §10; SL 2016, ch 194, §2.