AOS #3
| - Included a list of the nursing tasks identified in the AOS.
- Included the definition of Educational Preparation and Clinical Competency.
- Updated reference materials.
| 10/2024
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AOS #7 | - Title revised to Roles of Nurses in Wound Closure Procedures.
- Included a list of nursing tasks located in the AOS.
- Included the definition of Educational Preparation and Clinical Competency.
- Included definitions of each nursing task identified in the AOS.
- Added a practice grid to identify each scope of nursing practice for each nursing task.
| 6/2024
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AOS #8
| - Included guidance for the APRN who has surgical assistant credentials or perioperative experience, who is not an APRN First Assist. The October 2024 revision included guidance for the RN with surgical assistant credentials or perioperative experience who is not an RN First Assist.
- Updated reference materials.
| 02/2025
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AOS #9 | - Title revised to Role of Nurses in Assessment, Staging, and Treatment of Wounds.
- Updated reference materials.
| 12/2023
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AOS #10 | - Included Gynecological Cancer Detection, formerly covered in AOS #11, Role of Nurses in the Performance of Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Procedures.
- Included guidance related to Hormone Replacement Therapy (Testosterone Pellets).
- Included guidance regarding Infant Male Circumcision.
| 12/2023 |
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AOS #11 | - Grouped all PEG tube guidance together.
- Updated practice grid.
| 10/2024
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AOS #13 | - Included guidance on Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS).
- Included the definition of Education Preparation and Clinical Competency.
| 12/2023 |
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AOS #14 | - Title revised to Roles and Responsibilities of the Nurse in Implementation of Patient Care Orders.
- Updated information based on evidence-based practices, standards of care, and laws.
- Updated background information and definitions for nursing interventions.
- Included information regarding Titration, Taper, and Automatic Stop Orders from AOS #17, Roles and Responsibilities of Nurses in the Administration of “PRN” Medication and Placebos.
- Updated reference materials.
| 12/2025
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AOS #15 | - Included information from the administrative regulation 201 KAR 20:700 regarding certified medication aide training programs and credentialing.
- Updated information based on current evidence-based practices.
- Updated KBN Decision Tree for Delegation to Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP).
- Updated reference material.
| 06/2025
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AOS #16 | - Updated information based on evidence-based practices, standards of care, and laws.
- Removed advisory opinions (AO) related to local anesthesia and peripheral nerve block, now incorporated within AOS #32, The Role of Nurses in Procedural Sedation, Regional Anesthesia, and Analgesia, and Airway Management in Various Settings.
- Updated background information and definitions for each nursing intervention.
- Added definitions for specialized routes of medication administration.
- Updated reference materials.
- Updated practice grid.
| 10/2025
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AOS #17
| - Title revised to Roles and Responsibilities of Nurses in the Administration of “PRN” Medication and Placebos.
- Updated information based on evidence-based practices, standards of care, and laws.
- Updated background information and definitions for nursing interventions.
- Removal of information regarding Titration, Taper, and Automatic Stop Orders is now incorporated within AOS #14, Roles and Responsibilities of Nurses in the Implementation of Patient Care Orders.
- Updated reference materials.
| 12/2025
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AOS #18 | - Title revised to Employment of Nursing Students using either an Academic or a Nurse Extern Service Model.
- Change of reference concerning programs of nursing from Board-approved to accredited to meet administrative regulatory requirements.
See, 201 KAR 20:360 and
201 KAR 20:280.
| 02/2025
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AOS #19 | - Updated reference materials.
| 10/2024
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AOS #20 | - Included information from AOS #39, Scope of Registered Nursing Practice in the Deactivation of Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDS) and Ventricular Assist Devices (VADS). AOS #39 was withdrawn.
- Added the definition of Educational Preparation and Clinical Competency.
- Change of term “physician” to “qualified healthcare provider” where applicable.
- Updated reference materials.
| 02/2025
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AOS #21 | - Updated information for LPN scope of practice concerning (intravenous) IV pushes and central venous catheters (CVC) access.
- Added updated reference material of administrative regulations concerning dialysis technicians' scope of practice to access CVC.
- Included advisory opinions concerning dialysis technicians' scope of practice to access CVC.
| 10/2023
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AOS #22 | - Included the definition of Educational Preparation and Clinical Competency.
- Updated reference materials.
| 10/2023
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AOS #23 | - Updated information based on current evidence-based practices to include information related to LPNs in cast application.
- Updated reference materials.
| 06/2025
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AOS #24 | - Added guidance related to patient abandonment and the APRN.
- Updated reference materials.
| 04/2024
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AOS #25
| - Included information on the APRN scope of practice in the performance of bone marrow aspiration and biopsy.
- Revised Rationale for Advisory Opinion.
| 04/2024
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AOS #26
| - Included a list of nursing tasks identified in the AOS.
- Included the definition of Educational Preparation and Clinical Competency.
- Removed reference to the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Position Statement that has been withdrawn from publication.
- Added a practice grid to identify the scope of nursing practice for each nursing task.
- Updated reference materials.
| 06/2024 |
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AOS #27 | - Updated information based on evidence-based practices, standards of care, and laws.
- Updated background information and definitions for each nursing intervention.
- Updated reference materials.
| 10/2025
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AOS #29 | - Included the definition of educational preparation and clinical competency
- Included information on the APRN's Role in Bronchoscopy.
| 10/2023
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AOS #30 | - Updated guidance regarding continuous glucose monitor (CGM) monitoring in the school setting.
- Updated guidance related to CGM sensor replacement in the school setting.
- Updated reference materials.
- Updated practice grid.
| 10/2025
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AOS #32 | - Title Revision to the Role of Nurses in Procedural Sedation, Regional Anesthesia, and Analgesia and Airway Management in Various Settings to reflect the Advisory Opinions (AO) added from AOS #16 Roles of Nurses in the Administration of Medication via Various Routes:
- Administration of Local Anesthesia in a Dental Setting.
- Peripheral Nerve Block.
- Updated information based on evidence-based practices, standards of care, and laws.
- Updated background information and definitions for each nursing intervention.
- Updated reference materials.
- Updated practice grid.
| 10/2025
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AOS #33 | - Updated statutory and regulatory references.
- Updated reference material.
- Updated contact information for the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services (KBEMS).
| 10/2023
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AOS #34 | - Included information from AOS #40 Social Media for Nurses.
AOS #40 was withdrawn.
- Updated reference materials.
| 10/2023
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AOS #35 | - Title revised to Role of Nurses in Cosmetic and Dermatological Procedures.
- Included definitions of “supervision” and “direct supervision”.
- Included information for acts that are outside the nursing plan of care and information for nurses who may need to seek guidance and licensing from other regulatory Boards.
- Updated APRN Best Practices to ensure accuracy.
- Updated procedure grid.
| 10/2023
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AOS #36 | - Title revised to Roles of Nurses in Resuscitation Orders, Pronouncement of Death, and Death Certificates.
- Included a list of the nursing tasks identified in the AOS.
- Included the definition of Educational Preparation and Clinical Competency.
| 12/2024
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AOS #37 | - Updated regulatory language based on the amendment of 201 KAR 20:057.
- Updated definition for “immediate family”.
- Included information related to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP).
| 02/2025
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AOS #41
| - Title revised to RN/LPN/APRN Scope of Practice Determination Guidelines.
- Included content specific to APRNs in this AOS.
- Added links to statutes and regulations related to the scope of practice.
- Updated reference materials.
| 10/2024
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AOS #42
| - Updated information to align with current evidence-based practice and current applicable laws.
- Updated information related to informed consent.
- Updated reference materials.
| 06/2025
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AOS #43
| - Included guidance that it is not within the scope of practice for an RN and LPN to administer subanesthetic doses of Ketamine.
- AOS #43 was initially issued in December of 2023 to provide guidance on the role of the APRN in subanesthetic dosing of Ketamine for Psychiatric Disorders and Chronic Pain.
| 02/2024
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AOS #44 | - AOS #44 is a new advisory opinion statement issued to provide guidance in the scope of practice of APRNs in the performance of X-rays and the utilization of fluoroscopy.
| 04/2024
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AOS #45 | - AOS #45 is a new advisory opinion statement issued to identify nursing procedures related to complementary treatment modalities that may be used to address various symptoms or health issues.
- Includes information on acupuncture, including dry needling.
| 12/2023
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