Director of Nurses Requirements for the State of Nebraska
SECTION A -- Nursing
Facility
Nursing Facility. To be
classified as a facility, the institution shall
comply with the following staffing requirements:
b. Each facility shall have
the following licensed personnel as a minimum:
1. Seven (7) day coverage
on the day shift by a registered nurse.
2. A registered nurse
designated as the Director of Nursing Services,
who shall be employed on a full time (five [5]
days per week) basis on the day shift and be
responsible for all nursing services in the
facility.
3. Facilities of
one-hundred eighty (180) beds or more shall have
an assistant director of nursing services, who
shall be a registered nurse.
4. A registered nurse or
licensed practical nurse, shall serve as a
charge nurse and be responsible for supervision
of the total nursing activities in the facility
during the 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
to 11:00 p.m. shift. The nurse assigned to the
unit for the 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. shift may
serve as both the charge nurse and
medication/treatment nurse. A
medication/treatment nurse for each nurses'
station shall be required on all shifts. This
shall be a registered nurse or licensed
practical nurse.
5. In facilities with sixty (60) beds or
less, the director of nursing services may serve as charge
nurse.
6. In facilities with more than sixty (60)
beds, the charge nurse may not be the director of nursing
services or the medication/treatment nurse. |
