Director of Nurses Requirements for the State of New Jersey
SUBCHAPTER 25.
MANDATORY NURSE STAFFING
8:39-25.1 Mandatory
policies and procedures for nurse staffing
(a) There shall be a
full-time director of nursing or nursing
administrator who is a registered
professional nurse licensed in the State of
New Jersey, who has at least two years of
supervisory experience in providing care to
long-term care residents, and who supervises
all nursing personnel.
(b) During a temporary
absence of the director of nursing, there
shall be a registered professional nurse on
duty who shall be designated in writing as
an alternate to the director of nursing.
The alternate shall be temporarily
responsible for supervising all nursing
personnel.
8:39-25.2 Mandatory
nurse staffing amounts and availability
(b) The facility shall provide nursing
services by registered professional nurses, licensed practical
nurses, and nurse aides (the hours of the director of nursing
are not included in this computation, except for the direct care
hours of the director of nursing in facilities where the
director of nursing provides more than the minimum hours
required at N.J.A.C. 8:39-25.1(a) above) on the basis of:
1. Total number of residents multiplied by
2.5 hours/day; plus
2. Total number of residents receiving each
service listed below, multiplied by the corresponding number of
hours per day:
Wound
care
0.75 hour/day
Nasogastric tube
feedings and/or gastrostomy 1.00
hour/day
Oxygen
therapy
0.75 hour/day
Tracheostomy
1.25 hours/day
Intravenous
therapy
1.50 hours/day
Use of
respirator
1.25 hours/day
Head trauma
stimulation/advanced neuromuscular/
1.50 hours/day
orthopedic care
(d) In facilities with 150 licensed beds or
more, there shall be an assistant director of nursing who is a
registered professional nurse.
SUBCHAPTER 26. ADVISORY NURSE STAFFING
8:39-26.4 Advisory qualifications for nurse
staffing
(a) The director of nursing has a
baccalaureate or master's degree in nursing or a health-related
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