Director of Nurses Requirements for the State of Kansas
NURSING SERVICES
28-39-154. Nursing services. Each nursing
facility shall have sufficient nursing staff to provide nursing
and related services to attain or maintain the highest
practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of
each resident as determined by resident assessments and
individual plans of care.
(a) Sufficient staff. The facility shall
employ sufficient numbers of each of the following types of
personnel to provide nursing care to all residents in accordance
with each resident's comprehensive assessment and care plan.
(1) The nursing facility shall employ
full-time a director of nursing who is a registered nurse. The
director of nursing shall have administrative authority over and
responsibility for the functions and activities of the nursing
staff.
(2) A registered nurse shall be on duty at
least eight consecutive hours per day, seven days per week. The
facility may include the director of nursing to meet this
requirement.
(7) The nursing facility shall ensure that
direct care staff are available to provide resident care in
accordance with the following minimum requirements.
(A) Per facility, there shall be a weekly
average of 2.0 hours of direct care staff time per resident and
a daily average of not fewer than 1.85 hours during any 24 hour
period. The director of nursing shall not be included in this
computation in facilities with more than 60 beds.
(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A.
39-932; effective Nov. 1, 1993; amended Feb. 21, 1997.) |
