Nursing Services- Staff Ratio Requirements for the State of New Jersey

8:39-25.2 Mandatory nurse staffing amounts and availability

(a) The facility shall provide nursing services and licensed nursing and ancillary personnel at all times. In accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:37-6.2, the registered professional nurse may delegate selected nursing tasks in the implementation of the nursing regimen to licensed practical nurses and ancillary nursing personnel.

(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