Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 632 - Nursing › DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND PRACTICE BEFORE THE BOARD › Section 632.890 - Unprofessional conduct

Current through June 11, 2024
The Board will consider the following acts, among others, by a
				licensee or holder of a certificate as unprofessional conduct:
1. Discriminating on the basis of race,
			 religious creed, color, national origin, age, disability, ancestry, sexual
			 orientation or sex in the rendering of nursing services.
2. Performing acts beyond the scope of the
			 practice of nursing.
3. Assuming
			 duties and responsibilities within the practice of nursing without adequate
			 training.
4. Assuming duties and
			 responsibilities within the practice of nursing if competency is not maintained
			 or the standards of competence are not satisfied, or both.
5. Disclosing the contents of the examination
			 for licensure or certification, or soliciting, accepting or compiling
			 information regarding the contents of the examination before, during or after
			 its administration.
6. Assigning or
			 delegating functions, tasks or responsibilities of licensed or certified
			 persons to unqualified persons.
7.
			 Failing to supervise a person to whom functions of nursing are delegated or
			 assigned, if responsible for supervising that person.
8. Failing to safeguard a patient from the
			 incompetent, abusive or illegal practice of any person.
9. Practicing nursing while, with or without
			 good cause, his or her physical, mental or emotional condition impairs his or
			 her ability to act in a manner consistent with established or customary nursing
			 standards, or both.
10. Practicing
			 nursing, if any amount of alcohol or a controlled substance or dangerous drug
			 that is not legally prescribed is present in the body of the nurse, nursing
			 assistant or medication aide - certified as determined by a test of the blood,
			 saliva, breath, hair or urine of the nurse, nursing assistant or medication
			 aide - certified given while the nurse, nursing assistant or medication aide -
			 certified is on duty.
11. Having
			 present in the body of the nurse, nursing assistant or medication aide -
			 certified alcohol or a controlled substance or dangerous drug that is not
			 legally prescribed during a test of the blood, saliva, breath, hair or urine of
			 the nurse, nursing assistant or medication aide - certified given as a
			 condition of employment.
12.
			 Failing to respect and maintain a patient's right to privacy.
13. Violating a patient's
			 confidentiality.
14. Performing or
			 offering to perform the functions of a licensee or holder of a certificate by
			 false representation or under a false or an assumed name.
15. Failing to report the gross negligence of
			 a licensee or holder of a certificate in the performance of his or her duties
			 or a violation of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 632 of
			 NRS.
16. Failing to document
			 properly the administration of a controlled substance, including, but not
			 limited to:
(a) Failing to document the
			 administration of a controlled substance on the Controlled Substance
			 Administration Record, the patient's Medication Administration Record and the
			 Nursing Progress Notes, including the patient's response to the
			 medication;
(b) Documenting as
			 wastage a controlled substance and taking that controlled substance for
			 personal or other use;
(c) Failing
			 to document the wastage of a controlled substance that was not legally
			 administered to a patient;
(d)
			 Soliciting the signature on any record of a person as a witness to the wastage
			 of a controlled substance when that person did not witness the wastage;
			 or
(e) Signing any record as a
			 witness attesting to the wastage of a controlled substance which he or she did
			 not actually witness.