The legislature recognizes that nurses have been successfully delegating nursing care tasks to family members and auxiliary staff for many years. The opportunity for a nurse to delegate to nursing assistants qualifying under RCW 18.88A.210 may enhance the viability and quality of health care services in community-based care settings and in-home care settings to allow individuals to live as independently as possible with maximum safeguards.
RCW 18.88A.200
Delegation of nursing care tasks—Legislative finding.
2003 c 140 s 4; 1995 1st sp.s. c 18 s 45.
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