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RN or LPN Scope of Practice - the Dispensing of Medications in a Correctional Facility
RN Scope of Practice - Automatic Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD)
LPN Scope of Practice - Administration of Local Anesthesia in a Dental Setting
LPN Practice - Role in Advanced Life Support
ARNP Scope of Practice - Delegation to RN or LPN the Handing of Sample Medications to a Patient
Scope of Advanced Registered Nursing Practice - SWAT Medic and Etomidate
APRN - Prescribing for Self and/or Family
ARNP - Performance of Screening Colonoscopies
Scope of Registered Nursing Practice in the Administration of Etomidate
Scope of LPN Practice - Definition of "Readily Available"
Scope of Registered Nursing Practice of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners in the Use of Anoscope During Forensic Examinations
Scope of Advanced Registered Nursing Practice in the Performance of Cardiac Stress Testing
Scope of Licensed Practical Nursing Practice in the performance of titration of Heparin and the administration of Benadryl
Scope of Registered Nursing Practice vs. Licensed Practical Nursing Practice in the Performance of Tumescent Anesthesia
Scope of Advanced Registered Nursing Practice in the Writing of Multiple Prescriptions for Schedule II Controlled Drugs
Scope of Registered Nursing Practice in the Administration of IV Fentanyl for the Purpose of Analgesia
APRN Scope of Practice - Performance of Infant Male Circumcision
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